monty.fnmatch module

This module provides support for Unix shell-style wildcards

class monty.fnmatch.WildCard(wildcard, sep=’|’)

Bases: object

This object provides an easy-to-use interface for filename matching with shell patterns (fnmatch).

>>> w = WildCard("*.nc|*.pdf")
>>> w.filter(["foo.nc", "bar.pdf", "hello.txt"])
['foo.nc', 'bar.pdf']

>>> w.filter("foo.nc")
['foo.nc']

Initializes a WildCard.

• Parameters
  • wildcard (str) – String of tokens separated by sep. Each token represents a pattern.
  • sep (str) – Separator for shell patterns.

filter(names)

Returns a list with the names matching the pattern.

match(name)

Returns True if name matches one of the patterns.