File.fnmatch?( pattern, path, [flags] ) â (true or false)
Returns true if path matches against pattern The pattern is not a regular expression; instead it follows rules similar to shell filename globbing. It may contain the following metacharacters:
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* -
Matches any file. Can be restricted by other values in the glob.
*will match all files;c*will match all files beginning withc;*cwill match all files ending withc; and*c*will match all files that havecin them (including at the beginning or end). Equivalent to/ .* /xin regexp. -
** -
Matches directories recursively or files expansively.
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? -
Matches any one character. Equivalent to
/.{1}/in regexp. -
[set] -
Matches any one character in
set. Behaves exactly like character sets in Regexp, including set negation ([^a-z]). -
\ -
Escapes the next metacharacter.
flags is a bitwise OR of the FNM_xxx parameters. The
same glob pattern and flags are used by Dir::glob.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 | File.fnmatch('cat', 'cat') #=> true # match entire stringFile.fnmatch('cat', 'category') #=> false # only match partial stringFile.fnmatch('c{at,ub}s', 'cats') #=> false # { } isn't supportedFile.fnmatch('c?t', 'cat') #=> true # '?' match only 1 characterFile.fnmatch('c??t', 'cat') #=> false # dittoFile.fnmatch('c*', 'cats') #=> true # '*' match 0 or more charactersFile.fnmatch('c*t', 'c/a/b/t') #=> true # dittoFile.fnmatch('ca[a-z]', 'cat') #=> true # inclusive bracket expressionFile.fnmatch('ca[^t]', 'cat') #=> false # exclusive bracket expression ('^' or '!')File.fnmatch('cat', 'CAT') #=> false # case sensitiveFile.fnmatch('cat', 'CAT', File::FNM_CASEFOLD) #=> true # case insensitiveFile.fnmatch('?', '/', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> false # wildcard doesn't match '/' on FNM_PATHNAMEFile.fnmatch('*', '/', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> false # dittoFile.fnmatch('[/]', '/', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> false # dittoFile.fnmatch('\?', '?') #=> true # escaped wildcard becomes ordinaryFile.fnmatch('\a', 'a') #=> true # escaped ordinary remains ordinaryFile.fnmatch('\a', '\a', File::FNM_NOESCAPE) #=> true # FNM_NOESCAPE makes '\' ordinaryFile.fnmatch('[\?]', '?') #=> true # can escape inside bracket expressionFile.fnmatch('*', '.profile') #=> false # wildcard doesn't match leadingFile.fnmatch('*', '.profile', File::FNM_DOTMATCH) #=> true # period by default.File.fnmatch('.*', '.profile') #=> truerbfiles = '**' '/' '*.rb' # you don't have to do like this. just write in single string.File.fnmatch(rbfiles, 'main.rb') #=> falseFile.fnmatch(rbfiles, './main.rb') #=> falseFile.fnmatch(rbfiles, 'lib/song.rb') #=> trueFile.fnmatch('**.rb', 'main.rb') #=> trueFile.fnmatch('**.rb', './main.rb') #=> falseFile.fnmatch('**.rb', 'lib/song.rb') #=> trueFile.fnmatch('*', 'dave/.profile') #=> truepattern = '*' '/' '*'File.fnmatch(pattern, 'dave/.profile', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> falseFile.fnmatch(pattern, 'dave/.profile', File::FNM_PATHNAME | File::FNM_DOTMATCH) #=> truepattern = '**' '/' 'foo'File.fnmatch(pattern, 'a/b/c/foo', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> trueFile.fnmatch(pattern, '/a/b/c/foo', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> trueFile.fnmatch(pattern, 'c:/a/b/c/foo', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> trueFile.fnmatch(pattern, 'a/.b/c/foo', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> falseFile.fnmatch(pattern, 'a/.b/c/foo', File::FNM_PATHNAME | File::FNM_DOTMATCH) #=> true |
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