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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2001-06-07 19:01:24 (GMT)
committerMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2001-06-07 19:01:24 (GMT)
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@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ Test whether \var{filename} matches \var{pattern}, returning true or
false; the comparison is case-sensitive.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{filter}{names, pattern}
+Return the subset of the list of \var{names} that match \var{pattern}.
+It is the same as \code{[n for n in names if fnmatch(n, pattern)]}, but
+implemented more efficiently.
+\end{funcdesc}
\begin{seealso}
\seemodule{glob}{\UNIX{} shell-style path expansion.}