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python glob for "excluding pattern"

Basically I want to screen for the following files in python using glob.glob module:

log_fasdsaf
log_bifsd72q
log_asfd8
...

but excluding:

log_fdsaf_7832
log_fsafn_fsda
log_dsaf8_8d
...

Naively played around with linux wildcard (eg log_[!_] but apparently not working). How can I use inverse or negative wildcards when pattern matching in a unix/linux shell? seems not helping, and thanks for advices!

Solution

  • You are close. The pattern you are looking for is log_[^_]*. It says it must have 'log_' followed by zero or more non-underscore characters.