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diff --git a/Doc/library/glob.rst b/Doc/library/glob.rst index d16b001..4c01bf6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/glob.rst +++ b/Doc/library/glob.rst @@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ -------------- The :mod:`glob` module finds all the pathnames matching a specified pattern -according to the rules used by the Unix shell. No tilde expansion is done, but -``*``, ``?``, and character ranges expressed with ``[]`` will be correctly -matched. This is done by using the :func:`os.listdir` and -:func:`fnmatch.fnmatch` functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a -subshell. Note that unlike :func:`fnmatch.fnmatch`, :mod:`glob` treats -filenames beginning with a dot (``.``) as special cases. (For tilde and shell -variable expansion, use :func:`os.path.expanduser` and +according to the rules used by the Unix shell, although results are returned in +arbitrary order. No tilde expansion is done, but ``*``, ``?``, and character +ranges expressed with ``[]`` will be correctly matched. This is done by using +the :func:`os.listdir` and :func:`fnmatch.fnmatch` functions in concert, and +not by actually invoking a subshell. Note that unlike :func:`fnmatch.fnmatch`, +:mod:`glob` treats filenames beginning with a dot (``.``) as special cases. +(For tilde and shell variable expansion, use :func:`os.path.expanduser` and :func:`os.path.expandvars`.) For a literal match, wrap the meta-characters in brackets. |