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1 \section{Standard Module \sectcode{glob}}
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2 \stmodindex{glob}
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3 \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module glob)}
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4
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5 The \code{glob} module finds all the pathnames matching a specified
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6 pattern according to the rules used by the \UNIX{} shell. No tilde
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7 expansion is done, but \verb\*\, \verb\?\, and character ranges
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8 expressed with \verb\[]\ will be correctly matched. This is done by
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9 using the \code{os.listdir()} and \code{fnmatch.fnmatch()} functions
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10 in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For tilde and
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11 shell variable expansion, use \code{os.path.expanduser(}) and
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12 \code{os.path.expandvars()}.)
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13
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14 \begin{funcdesc}{glob}{pathname}
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15 Returns a possibly-empty list of path names that match \var{pathname},
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16 which must be a string containing a path specification.
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17 \var{pathname} can be either absolute (like
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18 \file{/usr/src/Python1.4/Makefile}) or relative (like
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19 \file{../../Tools/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards.
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20 \end{funcdesc}
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21
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22 For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
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23 \file{1.gif}, \file{2.txt}, and \file{card.gif}. \code{glob.glob()}
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24 will produce the following results. Notice how any leading components
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25 of the path are preserved.
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26
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27 \begin{verbatim}
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28 >>> import glob
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29 >>> glob.glob('./[0-9].*')
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30 ['./1.gif', './2.txt']
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31 >>> glob.glob('*.gif')
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32 ['1.gif', 'card.gif']
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33 >>> glob.glob('?.gif')
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34 ['1.gif']
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35 \end{verbatim}
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