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.IX Title "Text::Glob 3"
.TH Text::Glob 3 "2011-09-16" "perl v5.8.8" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
.SH "NAME"
Text::Glob \- match globbing patterns against text
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& use Text::Glob qw( match_glob glob_to_regex );
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.PP
.Vb 1
\& print "matched\en" if match_glob( "foo.*", "foo.bar" );
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.Vb 5
\& # prints foo.bar and foo.baz
\& my $regex = glob_to_regex( "foo.*" );
\& for ( qw( foo.bar foo.baz foo bar ) ) {
\&     print "matched: $_\en" if /$regex/;
\& }
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Text::Glob implements \fIglob\fR\|(3) style matching that can be used to match
against text, rather than fetching names from a filesystem.  If you
want to do full file globbing use the File::Glob module instead.
.Sh "Routines"
.IX Subsection "Routines"
.ie n .IP "match_glob( $glob\fR, \f(CW@things_to_test )" 4
.el .IP "match_glob( \f(CW$glob\fR, \f(CW@things_to_test\fR )" 4
.IX Item "match_glob( $glob, @things_to_test )"
Returns the list of things which match the glob from the source list.
.ie n .IP "glob_to_regex( $glob )" 4
.el .IP "glob_to_regex( \f(CW$glob\fR )" 4
.IX Item "glob_to_regex( $glob )"
Returns a compiled regex which is the equivalent of the globbing
pattern.
.ie n .IP "glob_to_regex_string( $glob )" 4
.el .IP "glob_to_regex_string( \f(CW$glob\fR )" 4
.IX Item "glob_to_regex_string( $glob )"
Returns a regex string which is the equivalent of the globbing
pattern.
.SH "SYNTAX"
.IX Header "SYNTAX"
The following metacharacters and rules are respected.
.ie n .IP """*"" \- match zero or more characters" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW*\fR \- match zero or more characters" 4
.IX Item "* - match zero or more characters"
\&\f(CW\*(C`a*\*(C'\fR matches \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`aa\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`aaaa\*(C'\fR and many many more.
.ie n .IP """?"" \- match exactly one character" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW?\fR \- match exactly one character" 4
.IX Item "? - match exactly one character"
\&\f(CW\*(C`a?\*(C'\fR matches \f(CW\*(C`aa\*(C'\fR, but not \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR, or \f(CW\*(C`aaa\*(C'\fR
.IP "Character sets/ranges" 4
.IX Item "Character sets/ranges"
\&\f(CW\*(C`example.[ch]\*(C'\fR matches \f(CW\*(C`example.c\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`example.h\*(C'\fR
.Sp
\&\f(CW\*(C`demo.[a\-c]\*(C'\fR matches \f(CW\*(C`demo.a\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`demo.b\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`demo.c\*(C'\fR
.IP "alternation" 4
.IX Item "alternation"
\&\f(CW\*(C`example.{foo,bar,baz}\*(C'\fR matches \f(CW\*(C`example.foo\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`example.bar\*(C'\fR, and
\&\f(CW\*(C`example.baz\*(C'\fR
.IP "leading . must be explictly matched" 4
.IX Item "leading . must be explictly matched"
\&\f(CW\*(C`*.foo\*(C'\fR does not match \f(CW\*(C`.bar.foo\*(C'\fR.  For this you must either specify
the leading . in the glob pattern (\f(CW\*(C`.*.foo\*(C'\fR), or set
\&\f(CW$Text::Glob::strict_leading_dot\fR to a false value while compiling
the regex.
.ie n .IP """*""\fR and \f(CW""?"" do not match /" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW*\fR and \f(CW?\fR do not match /" 4
.IX Item "* and ? do not match /"
\&\f(CW\*(C`*.foo\*(C'\fR does not match \f(CW\*(C`bar/baz.foo\*(C'\fR.  For this you must either
explicitly match the / in the glob (\f(CW\*(C`*/*.foo\*(C'\fR), or set
\&\f(CW$Text::Glob::strict_wildcard_slash\fR to a false value with compiling
the regex.
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
The code uses qr// to produce compiled regexes, therefore this module
requires perl version 5.005_03 or newer.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 Richard Clamp.  All Rights Reserved.
.PP
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
File::Glob, \fIglob\fR\|(3)