Glob module
The glob module is a Python standard-library module for finding filesystem pathnames that match shell-style wildcard patterns.
Python Workout, Second Edition
glob is a Python standard-library module for finding pathnames that match shell-style wildcard patterns.
- How it is used
- Selects files by shell-style pathname patterns when processing a directory’s matching files.
- How deep it goes
- Explains glob.glob usage and contrasts it with os.listdir and pathlib, without detailing wildcard semantics beyond * and ?.
- Examples
- Uses /etc/*.conf for configuration files and scores/*.json for selecting class score files.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via glob.glob to gather matching pathnames for subsequent file processing.
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Python Workout: 50 ten-minute exercises
glob is a Python standard-library module for finding filesystem pathnames that match shell-style wildcard patterns.
- How it is used
- Finds selected filesystem pathnames for subsequent file processing.
- How deep it goes
- Defines wildcard matching and demonstrates iteration, but defers detailed pattern syntax and implementation internals.
- Examples
- Uses scores/*.json and /etc/*.conf to select matching files.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Python's glob.glob function to iterate over files matching a pathname pattern.
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The Quick Python Book, Fourth Edition
The glob module is a Python standard-library module that finds filesystem pathnames matching shell-style wildcard patterns.
- How it is used
- Finds filesystem pathnames matching shell-style wildcard patterns.
- How deep it goes
- Defines three wildcard forms and demonstrates their outputs, but does not discuss more complex matching requirements.
- Examples
- Demonstrates *, *json, ?.tmp, and [0-9].tmp against sample directory contents.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via glob.glob to collect filesystem names matching reusable wildcard patterns.
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Related concepts
- os.listdiralternative to · os.listdir is a Python standard-library function that returns the names of entries in a specified filesystem directory.
- Dir#entriesalternative to · Dir#entries is a Ruby method that returns the entries of a directory as an array.
- pathlibused by · pathlib is a Python standard-library module providing object-oriented classes and operations for representing and manipulating filesystem paths.
- DirectoryLoaderused by · DirectoryLoader is a LangChain document-loading component that discovers files in a directory and delegates format-specific extraction to an underlying loader.
- FileSensorused by · FileSensor is an Airflow sensor that checks whether a file exists at a specified path.
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