# 6.6 Standard Module `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()`.)

`glob` (pathname)
  Returns a possibly-empty list of path names that match pathname, which must be a string containing a path specification. pathname can be either absolute (like ``/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']