Cloud 66 101
Understanding glob patterns
What is a glob?
A glob (or "glob pattern") is a way to specify a set of text entities (like names or tags) based on a simple wildcard pattern - a bit like a very simple regular expression. For example, if you wished to match all the entities that had the word "new" anywhere in their text, you could use the glob *new*. Or if you wanted words only starting with "new", you could use the glob new*
Glob syntax
Globs use wildcards to match strings of text. See below for the list and explanations of each. Globs are case sensitive. Spaces are considered characters.
| Wildcard | Description | Example | Matches | Does not match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
* | matches any number of any characters including none | *New* | New, reNew, or Newly | Ne, newly or ew |
? | matches any single character | ?en | ten, men, len | en |
[abc] | matches one character from the bracket | [MT]en | Men or Ten | pen, men or MTen |
[a-z] | matches one character from the range given in the bracket | Count[0-9] | Count0, Count2 etc. | Count, Count 1 or Count10 |