Re: glob(pattern)

[Aditya Bhagwat]

Dear John,
Dear Ben,

> The glob function uses filename globbing rules, not regexp rules.
> Yes, the documentation should explain what "filename globbing rules"
> are.  The "Pattern Matching" section of the bash manual has an
> explanation.  Would someone please adapt that (or another suitable)
> description and post a patch for the glob docstring?
>
> | It works for me ...
> |
> | octave:1> glob ('.*')
> | ans =
> |
> | {
> |   [1,1] = .
> |   [2,1] = ..
> |   [3,1] = .CCP4
>
> I don't think this is the result Aditya is looking for.

Thx, this clarifies things! Ben, the result you showed was indeed correct,
but not the one I was looking for. I meant "any character" with the dot
symbol and not "dot".

Aditya

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