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author | cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@localhost> | 2011-05-03 11:25:13 +0000 |
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committer | cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@localhost> | 2011-05-03 11:25:13 +0000 |
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diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/python/Doc/lib/libglob.tex b/sys/src/cmd/python/Doc/lib/libglob.tex new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f3f4fb7e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys/src/cmd/python/Doc/lib/libglob.tex @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +\section{\module{glob} --- + \UNIX{} style pathname pattern expansion} + +\declaremodule{standard}{glob} +\modulesynopsis{\UNIX\ shell style pathname pattern expansion.} + + +The \module{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 \code{*}, \code{?}, and character ranges +expressed with \code{[]} will be correctly matched. This is done by +using the \function{os.listdir()} and \function{fnmatch.fnmatch()} +functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For +tilde and shell variable expansion, use \function{os.path.expanduser()} +and \function{os.path.expandvars()}.) +\index{filenames!pathname expansion} + +\begin{funcdesc}{glob}{pathname} +Return a possibly-empty list of path names that match \var{pathname}, +which must be a string containing a path specification. +\var{pathname} can be either absolute (like +\file{/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile}) or relative (like +\file{../../Tools/*/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards. +Broken symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell). +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{iglob}{pathname} +Return an iterator which yields the same values as \function{glob()} +without actually storing them all simultaneously. +\versionadded{2.5} +\end{funcdesc} + +For example, consider a directory containing only the following files: +\file{1.gif}, \file{2.txt}, and \file{card.gif}. \function{glob()} +will produce the following results. Notice how any leading components +of the path are preserved. + +\begin{verbatim} +>>> import glob +>>> glob.glob('./[0-9].*') +['./1.gif', './2.txt'] +>>> glob.glob('*.gif') +['1.gif', 'card.gif'] +>>> glob.glob('?.gif') +['1.gif'] +\end{verbatim} + + +\begin{seealso} + \seemodule{fnmatch}{Shell-style filename (not path) expansion} +\end{seealso} |