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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: glob.n,v 1.23 2008/09/29 16:03:29 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: glob.n,v 1.24 2008/10/15 10:43:37 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH glob n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -98,11 +98,13 @@ The two forms may be mixed, so \fB\-types {d f r w}\fR will find all
regular files OR directories that have both read AND write permissions.
The following are equivalent:
.RS
+.PP
.CS
\fBglob \-type d *\fR
\fBglob */\fR
.CE
.RE
+.PP
except that the first case doesn't return the trailing
.QW /
and is more platform independent.
@@ -206,18 +208,22 @@ to use the Unix style forward slash as a path separator. Windows style
paths can be converted to Unix style paths with the command \fBfile
join $path\fR (or \fBfile normalize $path\fR in Tcl 8.4).
.SH EXAMPLES
+.PP
Find all the Tcl files in the current directory:
+.PP
.CS
\fBglob\fR *.tcl
.CE
.PP
Find all the Tcl files in the user's home directory, irrespective of
what the current directory is:
+.PP
.CS
\fBglob\fR \-directory ~ *.tcl
.CE
.PP
Find all subdirectories of the current directory:
+.PP
.CS
\fBglob\fR \-type d *
.CE
@@ -228,12 +234,11 @@ a
.QW b
or the sequence
.QW cde :
+.PP
.CS
\fBglob\fR \-type f *{a,b,cde}*
.CE
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
file(n)
-
.SH KEYWORDS
exist, file, glob, pattern