fnmatch - Man Page

match filename or pathname

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

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 string only with a slash in pattern and 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 string has to be matched exactly by a period in pattern. A period is considered to be leading if it is the first character in string, or if both FNM_PATHNAME is 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 string which 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 'ksh' and now supported by other shells. The extended format is as follows, with pattern-list being a '|' separated list of patterns.
'?(pattern-list)': The pattern matches if zero or one occurrences of any of the patterns in the pattern-list match the input string.
'*(pattern-list)': The pattern matches if zero or more occurrences of any of the patterns in the pattern-list match the input string.
'+(pattern-list)': The pattern matches if one or more occurrences of any of the patterns in the pattern-list match the input string.
'@(pattern-list)': The pattern matches if exactly one occurrence of any of the patterns in the pattern-list match the input string.
'!(pattern-list)': The pattern matches if the input string cannot be matched with any of the patterns in the pattern-list.