python-wcmatch

Wildcard/glob file name matcher

Wildcard Match provides an enhanced `fnmatch`, `glob`, and `pathlib` library in order to provide file matching and globbing that more closely follows the features found in Bash. In some ways these libraries are similar to Python's builtin libraries as they provide a similar interface to match, filter, and glob the file system. But they also include a number of features found in Bash's globbing such as backslash escaping, brace expansion, extended glob pattern groups, etc. They also add a number of new useful functions as well, such as `globmatch` which functions like `fnmatch`, but for paths. Wildcard Match also adds a file search utility called `wcmatch` that is built on top of `fnmatch` and `globmatch`. It was originally written for [Rummage](<a href="https://github.com/facelessuser/Rummage">https://github.com/facelessuser/Rummage</a> ), but split out into this project to be used by other projects that may find its approach useful. Bash is used as a guide when making decisions on behavior for `fnmatch` and `glob`. Behavior may differ from Bash version to Bash version, but an attempt is made to keep Wildcard Match up with the latest relevant changes. With all of this said, there may be a few corner cases in which we've intentionally chosen to not *exactly* mirror Bash. If an issue is found where Wildcard Match seems to deviate in an illogical way, we'd love to hear about it in the [issue tracker](<a href="https://github.com/facelessuser/wcmatch/issues">https://github.com/facelessuser/wcmatch/issues</a> ).