glob Find pathnames matching a pattern &reftitle.description; arrayglob stringpattern intflags0 The glob function searches for all the pathnames matching pattern according to the rules used by the libc glob() function, which is similar to the rules used by common shells. &reftitle.parameters; pattern The pattern. No tilde expansion or parameter substitution is done. flags Valid flags: GLOB_MARK - Adds a slash to each directory returned GLOB_NOSORT - Return files as they appear in the directory (no sorting). When this flag is not used, the pathnames are sorted alphabetically GLOB_NOCHECK - Return the search pattern if no files matching it were found GLOB_NOESCAPE - Backslashes do not quote metacharacters GLOB_BRACE - Expands {a,b,c} to match 'a', 'b', or 'c' GLOB_ONLYDIR - Return only directory entries which match the pattern GLOB_ERR - Stop on read errors (like unreadable directories), by default errors are ignored. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns an array containing the matched files/directories, an empty array if no file matched or &false; on error. On some systems it is impossible to distinguish between empty match and an error. &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; 5.1.0 GLOB_ERR was added &reftitle.examples; ]]> &example.outputs.similar; &reftitle.notes; ¬e.no-remote; This function isn't available on some systems (e.g. old Sun OS). The GLOB_BRACE flag is not available on some non GNU systems, like Solaris. &reftitle.seealso; opendir readdir closedir fnmatch