Section (3) fnmatch
Name
fnmatch — match filename or pathname
Synopsis
#include <fnmatch.h>
int
fnmatch( |
const char *pattern, |
| const char *string, | |
int flags); |
DESCRIPTION
The fnmatch() function
checks whether the string argument matches the
pattern argument,
which is a shell wildcard pattern (see glob(7)).
The flags argument
modifies the behavior; it is the bitwise OR of zero or more
of the following flags:
FNM_NOESCAPE-
If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary character, instead of an escape character.
FNM_PATHNAME-
If this flag is set, match a slash in
stringonly with a slash inpatternand not by an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?) metacharacter, nor by a bracket expression ([]) containing a slash. FNM_PERIOD-
If this flag is set, a leading period in
stringhas to be matched exactly by a period inpattern. A period is considered to be leading if it is the first character instring, or if bothFNM_PATHNAMEis set and the period immediately follows a slash. FNM_FILE_NAME-
This is a GNU synonym for
FNM_PATHNAME. FNM_LEADING_DIR-
If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is considered to be matched if it matches an initial segment of
stringwhich is followed by a slash. This flag is mainly for the internal use of glibc and is implemented only in certain cases. FNM_CASEFOLD-
If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched case-insensitively.
FNM_EXTMATCH-
If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, extended patterns are supported, as introduced by _zsingle_quotesz_ksh_zsingle_quotesz_ and now supported by other shells. The extended format is as follows, with
pattern−listbeing a _zsingle_quotesz_|_zsingle_quotesz_ separated list of patterns. - _zsingle_quotesz_?(
pattern−list)_zsingle_quotesz_ -
The pattern matches if zero or one occurrences of any of the patterns in the
pattern−listmatch the inputstring. - _zsingle_quotesz_*(
pattern−list)_zsingle_quotesz_ -
The pattern matches if zero or more occurrences of any of the patterns in the
pattern−listmatch the inputstring. - _zsingle_quotesz_+(
pattern−list)_zsingle_quotesz_ -
The pattern matches if one or more occurrences of any of the patterns in the
pattern−listmatch the inputstring. - [email protected](
pattern−list)_zsingle_quotesz_ -
The pattern matches if exactly one occurrence of any of the patterns in the
pattern−listmatch the inputstring. - _zsingle_quotesz_!(
pattern−list)_zsingle_quotesz_ -
The pattern matches if the input
stringcannot be matched with any of the patterns in thepattern−list.
RETURN VALUE
Zero if string
matches pattern,
FNM_NOMATCH if there is no
match or another nonzero value if there is an error.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
fnmatch() |
Thread safety | MT-Safe env locale |
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, POSIX.2. The FNM_FILE_NAME, FNM_LEADING_DIR, and FNM_CASEFOLD flags are GNU extensions.
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