glob - Return names of files that match patterns
glob ?switches? pattern ?pattern ...?
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:
- -nocomplain
-
Allows an empty list to be returned without error; without this
switch an error is returned if the result list would be empty.
- --
-
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
special 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
character 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.
The glob command differs from csh globbing in two ways.
First, it does not sort its result list (use the lsort
command 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.
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. Also, for Windows UNC names, the servername and
sharename components of the path may not contain ?, *, or []
constructs.
exist, file, glob, pattern
Copyright © 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
Copyright © 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Copyright © 1995, 1996 Roger E. Critchlow Jr.