glob — Easy Playground

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

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# 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"))

Output

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

Challenge

Try modifying the code above to explore different behaviors. Can you extend the example to handle a new use case?

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