Text::Glob - match globbing patterns against text use Text::Glob qw( match_glob glob_to_regex ); print "matched\n" if match_glob( "foo.*", "foo.bar" ); # prints foo.bar and foo.baz my $regex = glob_to_regex( "foo.*" ); for ( qw( foo.bar foo.baz foo bar ) ) { print "matched: $_\n" if /$regex/; } Text::Glob implements glob(3) style matching that can be used to match against text, rather than fetching names from a filesystem. If you want to do full file globbing use the File::Glob module instead.

Routines
Returns the list of things which match the glob from the source list. Returns a compiled regex which is the equiavlent of the globbing pattern. Returns a regex string which is the equiavlent of the globbing pattern. The following metacharacters and rules are respected. "a*" matches "a", "aa", "aaaa" and many many more. "a?" matches "aa", but not "a", or "aa" "example.[ch]" matches "example.c" and "example.h" "demo.[a-c]" matches "demo.a", "demo.b", and "demo.c" "example.{foo,bar,baz}" matches "example.foo", "example.bar", and "example.baz" "*.foo" does not match ".bar.foo". For this you must either specify the leading . in the glob pattern (".*.foo"), or set $Text::Glob::strict_leading_dot to a false value while compiling the regex. "*.foo" does not match "bar/baz.foo". For this you must either explicitly match the / in the glob ("*/*.foo"), or set $Text::Glob::strict_wildcard_slash to a false value with compiling the regex. The code uses qr// to produce compiled regexes, therefore this module requires perl version 5.005_03 or newer. Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net> Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 Richard Clamp. All Rights Reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. File::Glob, glob(3)