fnmatch

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.)

Functions

filter

filter(names, pat)

  Construct a list from those elements of the iterable NAMES that match PAT.

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).

fnmatchcase

fnmatchcase(name, pat)

  Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN, including case.

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

translate

translate(pat)

  Translate a shell PATTERN to a regular expression.

      There is no way to quote meta-characters.

Modules

functools

posixpath