Text::Glob(3pm)

1Text::Glob(3)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        Text::Glob(3)
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NAME

6       Text::Glob - match globbing patterns against text
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SYNOPSIS

9        use Text::Glob qw( match_glob glob_to_regex );
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11        print "matched\n" if match_glob( "foo.*", "foo.bar" );
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13        # prints foo.bar and foo.baz
14        my $regex = glob_to_regex( "foo.*" );
15        for ( qw( foo.bar foo.baz foo bar ) ) {
16            print "matched: $_\n" if /$regex/;
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DESCRIPTION

20       Text::Glob implements glob(3) style matching that can be used to match
21       against text, rather than fetching names from a filesystem.  If you
22       want to do full file globbing use the File::Glob module instead.
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24       Routines
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26       match_glob( $glob, @things_to_test )
27           Returns the list of things which match the glob from the source
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30       glob_to_regex( $glob )
31           Returns a compiled regex which is the equiavlent of the globbing
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34       glob_to_regex_string( $glob )
35           Returns a regex string which is the equiavlent of the globbing pat‐
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SYNTAX

39       The following metacharacters and rules are respected.
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41       "*" - match zero or more characters
42           "a*" matches "a", "aa", "aaaa" and many many more.
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45           "a?" matches "aa", but not "a", or "aa"
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47       Character sets/ranges
48           "example.[ch]" matches "example.c" and "example.h"
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50           "demo.[a-c]" matches "demo.a", "demo.b", and "demo.c"
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52       alternation
53           "example.{foo,bar,baz}" matches "example.foo", "example.bar", and
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56       leading . must be explictly matched
57           "*.foo" does not match ".bar.foo".  For this you must either spec‐
58           ify the leading . in the glob pattern (".*.foo"), or set
59           $Text::Glob::strict_leading_dot to a false value while compiling
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62       "*" and "?" do not match /
63           "*.foo" does not match "bar/baz.foo".  For this you must either
64           explicitly match the / in the glob ("*/*.foo"), or set
65           $Text::Glob::strict_wildcard_slash to a false value with compiling
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BUGS

69       The code uses qr// to produce compiled regexes, therefore this module
70       requires perl version 5.005_03 or newer.
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AUTHOR

73       Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
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COPYRIGHT

76       Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 Richard Clamp.  All Rights
77       Reserved.
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79       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
80       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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