glob
The glob module finds all the pathnames matching a specified
pattern according to the rules used by the Unix shell. No tilde
expansion is done, but *, ?, and character ranges
expressed with [] will be correctly matched. This is done by
using the os.listdir() and fnmatch.fnmatch() functions
in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For tilde and
shell variable expansion, use os.path.expanduser() and
os.path.expandvars().)
/usr/src/Python1.4/Makefile') or relative (like
`../../Tools/*.gif'), and can contain shell-style wildcards.
For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
`1.gif', `2.txt', and `card.gif'. glob.glob()
will produce the following results. Notice how any leading components
of the path are preserved.
>>> import glob
>>> glob.glob('./[0-9].*')
['./1.gif', './2.txt']
>>> glob.glob('*.gif')
['1.gif', 'card.gif']
>>> glob.glob('?.gif')
['1.gif']