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 | fnmatch |
Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN. |
Function | fnmatchcase |
Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN, including case. This is a version of fnmatch() which doesn't case-normalize its arguments. |
Function | translate |
Translate a shell PATTERN to a regular expression. |
Function | _purge |
Clear the pattern cache |
Constant | _MAXCACHE |
Undocumented |
Variable | _cache |
Undocumented |
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).
Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN, including case. This is a version of fnmatch() which doesn't case-normalize its arguments.