2 :mod:`glob` --- Unix style pathname pattern expansion
3 =====================================================
6 :synopsis: Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion.
9 .. index:: single: filenames; pathname expansion
11 The :mod:`glob` module finds all the pathnames matching a specified pattern
12 according to the rules used by the Unix shell. No tilde expansion is done, but
13 ``*``, ``?``, and character ranges expressed with ``[]`` will be correctly
14 matched. This is done by using the :func:`os.listdir` and
15 :func:`fnmatch.fnmatch` functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a
16 subshell. (For tilde and shell variable expansion, use
17 :func:`os.path.expanduser` and :func:`os.path.expandvars`.)
20 .. function:: glob(pathname)
22 Return a possibly-empty list of path names that match *pathname*, which must be
23 a string containing a path specification. *pathname* can be either absolute
24 (like :file:`/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile`) or relative (like
25 :file:`../../Tools/\*/\*.gif`), and can contain shell-style wildcards. Broken
26 symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell).
29 .. function:: iglob(pathname)
31 Return an :term:`iterator` which yields the same values as :func:`glob`
32 without actually storing them all simultaneously.
36 For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
37 :file:`1.gif`, :file:`2.txt`, and :file:`card.gif`. :func:`glob` will produce
38 the following results. Notice how any leading components of the path are
42 >>> glob.glob('./[0-9].*')
43 ['./1.gif', './2.txt']
44 >>> glob.glob('*.gif')
46 >>> glob.glob('?.gif')
53 Shell-style filename (not path) expansion