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id: wcmatch
version: "11.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# wcmatch — Wildcard/glob file name matcher.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install wcmatch
uv add wcmatch
poetry add wcmatch

## Description

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# Wildcard Match

## Overview

Wildcard Match provides an enhanced `fnmatch`, `glob`, and `pathlib` library in order to provide file matching and
globbing that more closely follows the features found in Bash. In some ways these libraries are similar to Python's
builtin libraries as they provide a similar interface to match, filter, and glob the file system. But they also include
a number of features found in Bash's globbing such as backslash escaping, brace expansion, extended glob pattern groups,
etc. They also add a number of new useful functions as well, such as `globmatch` which functions like `fnmatch`, but for
paths.

Wildcard Match also adds a file search utility called `wcmatch` that is built on top of `fnmatch` and `globmatch`. It
was originally written for [Rummage](https://github.com/facelessuser/Rummage), but split out into this project to be
used by other projects that may find its...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

wcmatch provides enhanced file matching and globbing with Bash-like features including brace expansion, extended glob patterns, and recursive wildcards, plus a pathlib variant and file search utility.

Verdict: wcmatch is a well-maintained, actively developed library in the top 1000 PyPI packages with zero known vulnerabilities, a permissive MIT license, and low install friction. It is production-ready for developers needing Bash-like globbing and file matching beyond Python's standard library.

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