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<span id="glob-unix-style-pathname-pattern-expansion"></span><h1>10.6. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-glob" title="glob: Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">glob</span></tt></a> — Unix style pathname pattern expansion<a class="headerlink" href="#module-glob" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p id="index-0"><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/3.2/Lib/glob.py">Lib/glob.py</a></p>
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<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-glob" title="glob: Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">glob</span></tt></a> module finds all the pathnames matching a specified pattern
according to the rules used by the Unix shell. No tilde expansion is done, but
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">*</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">?</span></tt>, and character ranges expressed with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">[]</span></tt> will be correctly
matched. This is done by using the <a class="reference internal" href="os.html#os.listdir" title="os.listdir"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">os.listdir()</span></tt></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="fnmatch.html#fnmatch.fnmatch" title="fnmatch.fnmatch"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">fnmatch.fnmatch()</span></tt></a> functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a
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<tt class="descclassname">glob.</tt><tt class="descname">glob</tt><big>(</big><em>pathname</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#glob.glob" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a possibly-empty list of path names that match <em>pathname</em>, which must be
a string containing a path specification. <em>pathname</em> can be either absolute
(like <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile</span></tt>) or relative (like
<tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">../../Tools/*/*.gif</span></tt>), and can contain shell-style wildcards. Broken
symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell).</p>
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<tt class="descclassname">glob.</tt><tt class="descname">iglob</tt><big>(</big><em>pathname</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#glob.iglob" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return an <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-iterator"><em class="xref std std-term">iterator</em></a> which yields the same values as <a class="reference internal" href="#module-glob" title="glob: Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion."><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">glob()</span></tt></a>
without actually storing them all simultaneously.</p>
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<p>For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
<tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">1.gif</span></tt>, <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">2.txt</span></tt>, and <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">card.gif</span></tt>. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-glob" title="glob: Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion."><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">glob()</span></tt></a> will produce
the following results. Notice how any leading components of the path are
preserved.</p>
<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">glob</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">glob</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">glob</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'./[0-9].*'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">['./1.gif', './2.txt']</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">glob</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">glob</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'*.gif'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">['1.gif', 'card.gif']</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">glob</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">glob</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">'?.gif'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">['1.gif']</span>
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