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# Globbing
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Globbing is the procedure of
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- matching all filenames against a given pattern
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- expanding to all matching filenames
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Unlike MSDOS, where the called program had to interpret the patterns,
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the globbing on UNIX(r) is done by the shell, the matched filenames are
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given as parameters to a called command:
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$ cat *.txt
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really executes
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$ cat 1.txt 3.txt foobar.txt XXX.txt
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The term \"glob\" originates back in the UNIX(r) days where an
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executable `glob` (from \"global\") existed which was used to expand
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pattern-matching characters. Later, this functionality was built into
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the shell. There\'s still a library function called `glob()` (POSIX(r)),
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which serves the same purpose.
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## See also
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- [shell](/dict/terms/shell)
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- [hardlink](/dict/terms/hardlink)
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## See also (article)
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- [pathname expansion](/syntax/expansion/globs)
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