SunOS man pages : glob (1)
Tcl Built-In Commands glob(n)
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NAME
glob - Return names of files that match patterns
SYNOPSIS
glob ?switches? pattern ?pattern ...?
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DESCRIPTION
This command performs file name ``globbing'' in a fashion
similar to the csh shell. It returns a list of the files
whose names match any of the pattern arguments.
If the initial arguments to glob start with - then they are
treated as switches. The following switches are currently
supported: |
-directory directory ||
Search for files which match the given patterns start- |
ing in the given directory. This allows searching of |
directories whose name contains glob-sensitive charac- |
ters without the need to quote such characters expli- |
citly. This option may not be used in conjunction with |
-path. |
-join ||
The remaining pattern arguments are treated as a single |
pattern obtained by joining the arguments with direc- |
tory separators.
-nocomplain
Allows an empty list to be returned without error;
without this switch an error is returned if the result
list would be empty. |
-path pathPrefix ||
Search for files with the given pathPrefix where the |
rest of the name matches the given patterns. This |
allows searching for files with names similar to a |
given file even when the names contain glob-sensitive |
characters. This option may not be used in conjunction |
with -directory. |
-types typeList ||
Only list files or directories which match typeList, |
where the items in the list have two forms. The first |
form is like the -type option of the Unix find command: |
b (block special file), c (character special file), d |
(directory), f (plain file), l (symbolic link), p |
(named pipe), or s (socket), where multiple types may |
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be specified in the list. Glob will return all files |
which match at least one of the types given. |
The second form specifies types where all the types |
given must match. These are r, w, x as file permis- |
sions, and readonly, hidden as special permission |
cases. On the Macintosh, MacOS types and creators are |
also supported, where any item which is four characters |
long is assumed to be a MacOS type (e.g. TEXT). Items |
which are of the form {macintosh type XXXX} or {macin- |
tosh creator XXXX} will match types or creators respec- |
tively. Unrecognised types, or specifications of mul- |
tiple MacOS types/creators will signal an error. |
The two forms may be mixed, so -types {d f r w} will |
find all regular files OR directories that have both |
read AND write permissions. The following are |
equivalent: |
glob -type d * |
glob */ |
except that the first case doesn't return the trailing |
``/'' and is more platform independent. |
-- Marks the end of switches. The argument following this
one will be treated as a pattern even if it starts with
a -.
The pattern arguments may contain any of the following spe-
cial characters:
? Matches any single character.
* Matches any sequence of zero or more characters.
[chars] Matches any single character in chars. If chars
contains a sequence of the form a-b then any char-
acter between a and b (inclusive) will match.
\x Matches the character x.
{a,b,...} Matches any of the strings a, b, etc.
As with csh, a ``.'' at the beginning of a file's name or
just after a ``/'' must be matched explicitly or with a {}
construct. In addition, all ``/'' characters must be
matched explicitly.
If the first character in a pattern is ``~'' then it refers
to the home directory for the user whose name follows the
``~''. If the ``~'' is followed immediately by ``/'' then
the value of the HOME environment variable is used.
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The glob command differs from csh globbing in two ways.
First, it does not sort its result list (use the lsort com-
mand if you want the list sorted). Second, glob only
returns the names of files that actually exist; in csh no
check for existence is made unless a pattern contains a ?,
*, or [] construct.
PORTABILITY ISSUES
Unlike other Tcl commands that will accept both network and
native style names (see the filename manual entry for
details on how native and network names are specified), the
glob command only accepts native names.
Windows
For Windows UNC names, the servername and sharename
components of the path may not contain ?, *, or [] con-
structs. On Windows NT, if pattern is of the form
``~username@domain'' it refers to the home directory of
the user whose account information resides on the
specified NT domain server. Otherwise, user account
information is obtained from the local computer. On
Windows 95 and 98, glob accepts patterns like ``.../''
and ``..../'' for successively higher up parent direc-
tories.
Macintosh
When using the options, -dir, -join or -path, glob
assumes the directory separator for the entire pattern
is the standard ``:''. When not using these options,
glob examines each pattern argument and uses ``/''
unless the pattern contains a ``:''.
SEE ALSO
file(n)
KEYWORDS
exist, file, glob, pattern
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