From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2003-05-13T05:37:40+09:00
Subject: Re: shell glob match

ahoward wrote:
> rubyists-
> 
> does anyone know of a way to do
> 
> if filename.glob_match '*.txt'
>   ...stuff
> end
> 
> in ruby?
> 
> Dir#[]/#glob are the closest thing to this functionality - but work only if
> the file were to actually exist.

Try fnmatch (in 1.8)

dave[StarterKit/SCC 14:49:48] ri fnmatch
This is a test 'ri'. Please report errors and omissions
on http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RIOnePointEight

---------------------------------------------------------- File::fnmatch
      File.fnmatch( aPattern, aPath, [flags] ) -> (true or false)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Returns true if aPath matches against aPattern The pattern is not a
      regular expression; instead it follows rules similar to shell
      filename globbing. It may contain the following metacharacters:
      flags is a bitwise OR of the FNM_xxx parameters listed in on page
      unknown. The same glob pattern and flags are used by Dir::glob.
         File.fnmatch('cat',       'cat')        #=> true
         File.fnmatch('cat',       'category')   #=> false
         File.fnmatch('c{at,ub}s', 'cats')       #=> false
         File.fnmatch('c{at,ub}s', 'cubs')       #=> false
         File.fnmatch('c{at,ub}s', 'cat')        #=> false
         File.fnmatch('c?t',    'cat')                       #=> true
         File.fnmatch('c\?t',   'cat')                       #=> false
         File.fnmatch('c??t',   'cat')                       #=> false
         File.fnmatch('c*',     'cats')                      #=> true
         File.fnmatch('c/**/t', 'c/a/b/c/t')                 #=> true
         File.fnmatch('c*t',    'cat')                       #=> true
         File.fnmatch('c\at',   'cat')                       #=> true
         File.fnmatch('c\at',   'cat', File::FNM_NOESCAPE)   #=> false
         File.fnmatch('a?b',    'a/b')                       #=> true
         File.fnmatch('a?b',    'a/b', File::FNM_PATHNAME)   #=> false
         File.fnmatch('*',   '.profile')                       #=> false
         File.fnmatch('*',   '.profile', File::FNM_DOTMATCH)   #=> true
         File.fnmatch('*',   'dave/.profile')                  #=> true
         File.fnmatch('*',   'dave/.profile', File::FNM_DOTMATCH)   #=> true
         File.fnmatch('*',   'dave/.profile', File::FNM_PATHNAME)   #=> 
false
         File.fnmatch('*/*', 'dave/.profile', File::FNM_PATHNAME)   #=> 
false
         STRICT = File::FNM_PATHNAME | File::FNM_DOTMATCH
         File.fnmatch('*/*', 'dave/.profile', STRICT)        #=> true