Glob Module
Published Jun 25, 2022
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The glob
module locates any and all pathnames matching a specific pattern, per Unix shell rules. The process of pattern matching is similar to regular expressions. However, this module only uses two special characters:
- The asterisk
*
for matching zero or more characters. - The question mark
?
for matching a single character.
In order to find a literal match of a special character, it must be wrapped in square brackets (e.g. '[*]'
).
Glob Module
- .escape()
- Returns a modified string with all special characters escaped and included in the pattern match.
- .glob()
- Returns a list of possible matches for a pathname string.
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