Globbing cheatsheet

WIP

Basic globbing

Character	Description
`*`	Matches any character zero or more times, except for `/`
`**`	Matches any character zero or more times, including `/`
`?`	Matches any character except for `/` one time
`[abc]`	Matches any characters inside the brackets. For example, `[abc]` would match the characters `a`, `b` or `c`, and nothing else.

Notes:

* typically does not match dotfiles (file names starting with a .) unless explicitly enabled by the user via options
? also typically does not match the leading dot
More than two stars in a glob path segment are typically interpreted as a single star (e.g. /***/ is the same as /*/)

TODO

pattern	regex equivalent	description
`?(pattern-list)`	`(...	...)?`
`*(pattern-list)`	`(...	...)*`
`+(pattern-list)`	`(...	...)+`
`@(pattern-list)`	`(...	...)` ^*
`!(pattern-list)`	N/A	Matches anything except one of the given patterns

TODO

Options that are commonly available on various globbing implementations.

Option name	Description
`extglob`	Enable extended globs. In addition to the traditional globs (using wildcards: ``, ``, `?` and `[...]`), extended globs add (almost) the expressive power of regular expressions, allowing the use of patterns like `foo/!(a
`dotglob`	Allows files beginning with `.` to be included in matches. This option is automatically enabled if the glob pattern begins with a dot. Aliases: `dot` (supported by: [minimatch][], [micromatch][])
`failglob`	report an error when no matches are found
`globignore` allows you to specify patterns a glob should not match Aliases: `ignore` (supported by: [minimatch][], [micromatch][])
`globstar`	recursively match directory paths (enabled by default in [minimatch][] and [micromatch][], but not in [bash][])
`nocaseglob`	perform case-insensitive pathname expansion
`nocasematch`	perform case-insensitive matching. Aliases: `nocase` (supported by: [minimatch][], [micromatch][])
`nullglob`	when enabled, the pattern itself will be returned when no matches are found. Aliases: `nonull` (supported by: [minimatch][], [micromatch][])