glob Module

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https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html

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import glob
glob.glob('./[0-9].*') # ['./1.gif', './2.txt']

The glob module finds all the pathnames matching a specified pattern according to the rules used by the Unix shell, although results are returned in arbitrary order.

glob.glob(pathname, *, recursive=False)

Return a possibly-empty list of path names that match pathname, which must be a string containing a path specification. pathname can be either absolute (like /usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile) or relative (like ../../Tools//.gif), and can contain shell-style wildcards. Broken symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell).

If recursive is true, the pattern “**” will match any files and zero or more directories and subdirectories. If the pattern is followed by an os.sep, only directories and subdirectories match.