glob — Easy Examples

Unix-style pathname pattern expansion (wildcards like *.txt)

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Getting started with glob

Basic import and usage of the glob module.

python
# glob - file pattern matching
print("glob finds files matching patterns:")
print("  glob.glob('*.py')")
print("  glob.glob('**/*.txt', recursive=True)")

import fnmatch
print(fnmatch.fnmatch("hello.py", "*.py"))
print(fnmatch.fnmatch("test.txt", "*.py"))

The glob module is part of Python's standard library. Unix-style pathname pattern expansion (wildcards like *.txt).

Common glob operations

Frequently used functions from the glob module.

python
# More glob examples
import glob

print(f"glob module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {glob.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(glob))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the glob module.

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