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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
def fnmatch(name, pat): (source)

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 fnmatchcase(name, pat): (source)

Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN, including case. This is a version of fnmatch() which doesn't case-normalize its arguments.

def translate(pat): (source)

Translate a shell PATTERN to a regular expression. There is no way to quote meta-characters.

def _purge(): (source)

Clear the pattern cache

_MAXCACHE: int = (source)

Undocumented

Value
100

Undocumented