globtoregex
Glob to RegEx - lightweight tool to convert Apache Glob for Unix to a Regular Expression
About
I needed a lightweight glob to regex converter for a project. I couldn't find one that was light weight enough for my needs so I wrote one.
Installation
npm install @psenger/globtoregex --save
or
yarn add @psenger/globtoregex
Syntax
| Wildcard | Description | Example | Matches | Does not match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
* |
Matches any number of characters zero or more times | *.txt |
foo.txt, bar.txt, baz.txt
|
foo.txt.bak, foo.txt/bar.txt
|
? |
Matches any single character | ?.txt |
a.txt, b.txt, c.txt
|
foo.txt, bar.txt, baz.txt
|
[abc] |
Matches any character in the set | [abc].txt |
a.txt, b.txt, c.txt
|
foo.txt, bar.txt, baz.txt
|
[a-z] |
Matches any character in the range | [a-z].txt |
a.txt, b.txt, c.txt
|
foo.txt, bar.txt, baz.txt
|
[!abc] |
Matches any character not in the set | [!C]at |
Bat, bat, or cat
|
Cat |
[!a-z] |
Matches any character not in the range | [!a-z].txt |
A.txt, B.txt, C.txt
|
foo.txt, bar.txt, baz.txt
|