Python: Essential Reference, Third Edition

glob

The glob module returns all filenames in a directory that match a pattern specified using the rules of the UNIX shell (as described in the fnmatch module).

glob(pattern)

Returns a list of pathnames that match pattern.

Example

glob('*.html')
glob('image[0-5]*.gif')

Note

Tilde (~) and shell variable expansion are not performed. Use os.path.expanduser() and os.path.expandvars(), respectively, to perform these expansions prior to calling glob().

See Also

fnmatch (p. 252), os.path (p. 326)