glob_escape.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
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# Copyright 2007 Doug Hellmann.
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"""The asterisk as wildcard character.
"""

#end_pymotw_header
import glob

specials = '?*['

for char in specials:
    pattern = 'dir/*' + glob.escape(char) + '.txt'
    print('Searching for: {!r}'.format(pattern))
    for name in sorted(glob.glob(pattern)):
        print(name)
    print()