glob

Search file systems with glob patterns using the D programming language

Discussion

See Glob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)

Home page: https://github.com/workhorsy/d-glob

Version

0.5.0

License

Boost Software License - Version 1.0

  • glob

    Declaration

    string[] glob(string path_name);

    Return all the paths that match the glob pattern

    Parameters

    string path_name

    The path with paterns to match.

    Examples

    1. import glob : glob;

// Use * to match zero or more instances of a character
string[] entries = glob("/usr/bin/python*");
/*
entries would contain:
/usr/bin/python2
/usr/bin/python2.7
/usr/bin/python3
/usr/bin/python3.5
*/

// Use ? to match one instance of a character
entries = glob("/usr/bin/python2.?");
/*
entries would contain:
/usr/bin/python2.6
/usr/bin/python2.7
*/

// Use [] to match one instance of a character between the brackets
entries = glob("/usr/bin/python[23]");
/*
entries would contain:
/usr/bin/python2
/usr/bin/python3
*/

// Use [!] to match one instance of a character NOT between the brackets
entries = glob("/usr/bin/python[!3]");
/*
entries would contain:
/usr/bin/python2
*/

// Use {} to match any of the full strings
entries = glob("/usr/bin/{python,ruby}");
/*
entries would contain:
/usr/bin/python
/usr/bin/ruby
*/

  • globRegex

    Declaration

    string[] globRegex(string path_regex);

    Return all the paths that match the regex pattern

    Parameters

    string path_regex

    The path with regex paterns to match.

    Examples

    1. import glob : globRegex;

// Use a regex to match all the number files in /proc/
string[] entries = globRegex(`^/proc/[0-9]*$`);
/*
entries would contain:
/proc/111
/proc/245
/proc/19533
/proc/1
*/