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:mod:`glob` --- Unix style pathname pattern expansion
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.. module:: glob
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:synopsis: Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion.
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**Source code:** :source:`Lib/glob.py`
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.. index:: single: filenames; pathname expansion
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--------------
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.. index::
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single: * (asterisk); in glob-style wildcards
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single: ? (question mark); in glob-style wildcards
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single: [] (square brackets); in glob-style wildcards
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single: ! (exclamation); in glob-style wildcards
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single: - (minus); in glob-style wildcards
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single: . (dot); in glob-style wildcards
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The :mod:`glob` module finds all the pathnames matching a specified pattern
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according to the rules used by the Unix shell, although results are returned in
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arbitrary order. No tilde expansion is done, but ``*``, ``?``, and character
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ranges expressed with ``[]`` will be correctly matched. This is done by using
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the :func:`os.scandir` and :func:`fnmatch.fnmatch` functions in concert, and
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not by actually invoking a subshell. Note that unlike :func:`fnmatch.fnmatch`,
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:mod:`glob` treats filenames beginning with a dot (``.``) as special cases.
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(For tilde and shell variable expansion, use :func:`os.path.expanduser` and
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:func:`os.path.expandvars`.)
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For a literal match, wrap the meta-characters in brackets.
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For example, ``'[?]'`` matches the character ``'?'``.
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.. seealso::
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The :mod:`pathlib` module offers high-level path objects.
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.. function:: glob(pathname, *, root_dir=None, dir_fd=None, recursive=False)
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Return a possibly-empty list of path names that match *pathname*, which must be
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a string containing a path specification. *pathname* can be either absolute
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(like :file:`/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile`) or relative (like
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:file:`../../Tools/\*/\*.gif`), and can contain shell-style wildcards. Broken
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symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell). Whether or not the
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results are sorted depends on the file system. If a file that satisfies
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conditions is removed or added during the call of this function, whether
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a path name for that file be included is unspecified.
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If *root_dir* is not ``None``, it should be a :term:`path-like object`
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specifying the root directory for searching. It has the same effect on
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:func:`glob` as changing the current directory before calling it. If
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*pathname* is relative, the result will contain paths relative to
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*root_dir*.
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This function can support :ref:`paths relative to directory descriptors
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<dir_fd>` with the *dir_fd* parameter.
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.. index::
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single: **; in glob-style wildcards
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If *recursive* is true, the pattern "``**``" will match any files and zero or
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more directories, subdirectories and symbolic links to directories. If the
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pattern is followed by an :data:`os.sep` or :data:`os.altsep` then files will not
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match.
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.. audit-event:: glob.glob pathname,recursive glob.glob
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.. audit-event:: glob.glob/2 pathname,recursive,root_dir,dir_fd glob.glob
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.. note::
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Using the "``**``" pattern in large directory trees may consume
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an inordinate amount of time.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.5
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Support for recursive globs using "``**``".
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.. versionchanged:: 3.10
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Added the *root_dir* and *dir_fd* parameters.
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.. function:: iglob(pathname, *, root_dir=None, dir_fd=None, recursive=False)
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Return an :term:`iterator` which yields the same values as :func:`glob`
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without actually storing them all simultaneously.
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.. audit-event:: glob.glob pathname,recursive glob.iglob
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.. audit-event:: glob.glob/2 pathname,recursive,root_dir,dir_fd glob.iglob
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.. versionchanged:: 3.5
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Support for recursive globs using "``**``".
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.. versionchanged:: 3.10
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Added the *root_dir* and *dir_fd* parameters.
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.. function:: escape(pathname)
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Escape all special characters (``'?'``, ``'*'`` and ``'['``).
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This is useful if you want to match an arbitrary literal string that may
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have special characters in it. Special characters in drive/UNC
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sharepoints are not escaped, e.g. on Windows
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``escape('//?/c:/Quo vadis?.txt')`` returns ``'//?/c:/Quo vadis[?].txt'``.
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.. versionadded:: 3.4
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For example, consider a directory containing the following files:
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:file:`1.gif`, :file:`2.txt`, :file:`card.gif` and a subdirectory :file:`sub`
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which contains only the file :file:`3.txt`. :func:`glob` will produce
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the following results. Notice how any leading components of the path are
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preserved. ::
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>>> import glob
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>>> glob.glob('./[0-9].*')
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['./1.gif', './2.txt']
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>>> glob.glob('*.gif')
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['1.gif', 'card.gif']
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>>> glob.glob('?.gif')
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['1.gif']
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>>> glob.glob('**/*.txt', recursive=True)
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['2.txt', 'sub/3.txt']
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>>> glob.glob('./**/', recursive=True)
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['./', './sub/']
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If the directory contains files starting with ``.`` they won't be matched by
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default. For example, consider a directory containing :file:`card.gif` and
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:file:`.card.gif`::
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>>> import glob
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>>> glob.glob('*.gif')
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['card.gif']
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>>> glob.glob('.c*')
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['.card.gif']
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.. seealso::
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Module :mod:`fnmatch`
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Shell-style filename (not path) expansion
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