The glob module finds all the pathnames matching a specified
pattern according to the rules used by the Unix shell. No tilde
expansion is done, but *, ?, and character ranges
expressed with [] will be correctly matched. This is done by
using the os.listdir() and fnmatch.fnmatch()
functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For
tilde and shell variable expansion, use os.path.expanduser()
and os.path.expandvars().)
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For example, consider a directory containing only the following files: 1.gif, 2.txt, and card.gif. glob() will produce the following results. Notice how any leading components of the path are preserved.
>>> import glob
>>> glob.glob('./[0-9].*')
['./1.gif', './2.txt']
>>> glob.glob('*.gif')
['1.gif', 'card.gif']
>>> glob.glob('?.gif')
['1.gif']
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