org.das2.util.filesystem.Glob

known bug: *.java matches ".java". The unix glob behavior is to require that a leading . must be explicitly matched.

Glob( )

glob - a String

getGlobFromRegex( String regex ) → String

converts regex into a glob, as best it can. This does not reverse all the conversions done by globToRegex.

regex - regular expression like "foo.\*\.dat"

converts a glob into a Pattern.

glob - a string like '*.dat'

Deprecated: use globToRegex

globToRegex( String glob ) → String

converts a glob into a regex. Rewritten by ChatGPT in 2026, now handles more complex examples like data.{cdf,nc}.

glob - a String

the regular expression that implements, like 'foo.*\.dat'

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main( String[] args ) → void

args - a java.lang.String[]

unglob the glob into an array of the matching FileObjects. See sftp://papco.org/home/jbf/ct/autoplot/script/demos/filesystem/unGlobDemo.jy

fs - the filesystem
glob - the glob, such as '/*.gif'