NAME

       File::FnMatch - simple filename and pathname matching

SYNOPSIS

         use File::FnMatch qw(:fnmatch);    # import everything

         # shell-style: match "/a/bc", but not "/a/.bc" nor "/a/b/c"
         fnmatch("/a/*", $fn, FNM_PATHNAME|FNM_PERIOD);

         # find our A- executables only
         grep { fnmatch("A-*.exe", $_) } readdir SOMEDIR;

DESCRIPTION

       File::FnMatch::fnmatch() provides simple, shell-like pattern matching.

       Though considerably less powerful than regular expressions, shell patterns are nonetheless useful and
       familiar to a large audience of end-users.

   Functions
       fnmatch ( PATTERN, STRING [, FLAGS] )
           Returns  true  if  PATTERN  matches  STRING, undef otherwise.  FLAGS may be the bitwise OR'ing of any
           supported FNM_* constants (see below).

   Constants
       FNM_NOESCAPE
           Do not treat a backslash ('\') in PATTERN specially.  Otherwise, a backslash  escapes  the  following
           character.

       FNM_PATHNAME
           Prohibit wildcards from matching a slash ('/').

       FNM_PERIOD
           Prohibit wildcards from matching a period ('.') at the start of a string and, if FNM_PATHNAME is also
           given, immediately after a slash.

       Other possibilities include at least FNM_CASEFOLD (compare "qr//i"), FNM_LEADING_DIR to restrict matching
       to  everything  before  the  first  '/', FNM_FILE_NAME as a synonym for FNM_PATHNAME, and the rather more
       exotic FNM_EXTMATCH.  Consult your system documentation for details.

   EXPORT
       None by default.  The export tag  ":fnmatch"  exports  the  fnmatch  function  and  all  available  FNM_*
       constants.

PATTERN SYNTAX

       Wildcards  are the question mark ('?') to match any single character and the asterisk ('*') to match zero
       or more characters.  FNM_PATHNAME and FNM_PERIOD restrict the scope of the wildcards, notably  supporting
       the UNIX convention of concealing "dotfiles":

       Bracket  expressions,  enclosed  by  '['  and  ']', match any of a set of characters specified explicitly
       ("[abcdef]"), as a range ("[a-f0-9]"), or as the combination these ("[a-f0-9XYZ]").   Additionally,  many
       implementations  support  named  character classes such as "[[:xdigit:]]".  Character sets may be negated
       with an initial '!' ("[![:space:]]").

       Locale influences the meaning of fnmatch() patterns.

CAVEATS

       Most UNIX-like systems provide an fnmatch implementation.  This module will not work on platforms lacking
       an implementation, most notably Win32.

SEE ALSO

       File::Glob, POSIX::setlocale, fnmatch(3)

AUTHOR

       Michael J. Pomraning

       Please report bugs to <mjp-perl AT pilcrow.madison.wi.us>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2005 by Michael J. Pomraning

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under  the  same  terms  as  Perl
       itself.

perl v5.38.2                                       2024-04-01                                       FnMatch(3pm)