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Hands on the Python module glob

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  1. pathlib.Path.glob is preferred to the glob module!!

  2. The list returned is not sorted.

In [2]:
import glob
In [9]:
files = glob.glob("*.markdown")
files[:5]
Out[9]:
['2019-10-13-git-shell-on-windows.markdown',
 '2012-10-22-containers-in-java.markdown',
 '2019-10-01-tips-on-pyspark.markdown',
 '2020-03-03-common-issues-in-pytorch.markdown',
 '2014-09-14-some-terminologies-in-aml.markdown']
In [11]:
sorted(files)[:5]
Out[11]:
['2010-11-20-general-tips-for-latex.markdown',
 '2012-05-17-java-difference-abstract-interface.markdown',
 '2012-06-05-free-online-tools-for-developers.markdown',
 '2012-06-08-softwares-windows.markdown',
 '2012-06-10-operators-popular-language.markdown']
In [12]:
glob.glob("*pop*")
Out[12]:
['2019-02-17-popular-data-structures-in-python.markdown',
 '2020-02-25-popular-and-useful-modules-and-functions-in-pytorch.markdown',
 '2012-06-10-operators-popular-language.markdown']
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