method
fnmatch
fnmatch(...)
public
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:
*: | Matches any file. Can be restricted by other values in the glob. * will match all files; c* will match all files beginning with c; *c will match all files ending with c; and c will match all files that have c in them (including at the beginning or end). Equivalent to / .* /x in regexp. |
**: | Matches directories recursively or files expansively. |
?: | 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]). |
<code></code>: | 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.
File.fnmatch('cat', 'cat') #=> true : match entire string File.fnmatch('cat', 'category') #=> false : only match partial string File.fnmatch('c{at,ub}s', 'cats') #=> false : { } isn't supported File.fnmatch('c?t', 'cat') #=> true : '?' match only 1 character File.fnmatch('c??t', 'cat') #=> false : ditto File.fnmatch('c*', 'cats') #=> true : '*' match 0 or more characters File.fnmatch('c*t', 'c/a/b/t') #=> true : ditto File.fnmatch('ca[a-z]', 'cat') #=> true : inclusive bracket expression File.fnmatch('ca[^t]', 'cat') #=> false : exclusive bracket expression ('^' or '!') File.fnmatch('cat', 'CAT') #=> false : case sensitive File.fnmatch('cat', 'CAT', File::FNM_CASEFOLD) #=> true : case insensitive File.fnmatch('?', '/', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> false : wildcard doesn't match '/' on FNM_PATHNAME File.fnmatch('*', '/', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> false : ditto File.fnmatch('[/]', '/', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> false : ditto File.fnmatch('\?', '?') #=> true : escaped wildcard becomes ordinary File.fnmatch('\a', 'a') #=> true : escaped ordinary remains ordinary File.fnmatch('\a', '\a', File::FNM_NOESCAPE) #=> true : FNM_NOESACPE makes '\' ordinary File.fnmatch('[\?]', '?') #=> true : can escape inside bracket expression File.fnmatch('*', '.profile') #=> false : wildcard doesn't match leading File.fnmatch('*', '.profile', File::FNM_DOTMATCH) #=> true period by default. File.fnmatch('.*', '.profile') #=> true rbfiles = '**' '/' '*.rb' # you don't have to do like this. just write in single string. File.fnmatch(rbfiles, 'main.rb') #=> false File.fnmatch(rbfiles, './main.rb') #=> false File.fnmatch(rbfiles, 'lib/song.rb') #=> true File.fnmatch('**.rb', 'main.rb') #=> true File.fnmatch('**.rb', './main.rb') #=> false File.fnmatch('**.rb', 'lib/song.rb') #=> true File.fnmatch('*', 'dave/.profile') #=> true pattern = '*' '/' '*' File.fnmatch(pattern, 'dave/.profile', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> false File.fnmatch(pattern, 'dave/.profile', File::FNM_PATHNAME | File::FNM_DOTMATCH) #=> true pattern = '**' '/' 'foo' File.fnmatch(pattern, 'a/b/c/foo', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> true File.fnmatch(pattern, '/a/b/c/foo', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> true File.fnmatch(pattern, 'c:/a/b/c/foo', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> true File.fnmatch(pattern, 'a/.b/c/foo', File::FNM_PATHNAME) #=> false File.fnmatch(pattern, 'a/.b/c/foo', File::FNM_PATHNAME | File::FNM_DOTMATCH) #=> true