fnmatch Namespace Reference

Functions
def	_purge
def	fnmatch
def	filter
def	fnmatchcase
def	translate

Variables
list	__all__ = ["filter", "fnmatch", "fnmatchcase", "translate"]
dictionary	_cache = {}
int	_MAXCACHE = 100

Detailed Description

Filename matching with shell patterns.

fnmatch(FILENAME, PATTERN) matches according to the local convention.
fnmatchcase(FILENAME, PATTERN) always takes case in account.

The functions operate by translating the pattern into a regular
expression.  They cache the compiled regular expressions for speed.

The function translate(PATTERN) returns a regular expression
corresponding to PATTERN.  (It does not compile it.)

Function Documentation

def fnmatch._purge ( )

private

Clear the pattern cache

def fnmatch.filter	(		names,
			pat
	)

Return the subset of the list NAMES that match PAT

def fnmatch.fnmatch	(		name,
			pat
	)

Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN.

Patterns are Unix shell style:

*       matches everything
?       matches any single character
[seq]   matches any character in seq
[!seq]  matches any char not in seq

An initial period in FILENAME is not special.
Both FILENAME and PATTERN are first case-normalized
if the operating system requires it.
If you don't want this, use fnmatchcase(FILENAME, PATTERN).

def fnmatch.fnmatchcase	(		name,
			pat
	)

Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN, including case.

This is a version of fnmatch() which doesn't case-normalize
its arguments.

def fnmatch.translate

(

pat

)

Translate a shell PATTERN to a regular expression.

There is no way to quote meta-characters.

Variable Documentation

list fnmatch.__all__ = ["filter", "fnmatch", "fnmatchcase", "translate"]

dictionary fnmatch._cache = {}

int fnmatch._MAXCACHE = 100