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.. index:: module: re
+**Source code:** :source:`Lib/fnmatch.py`
+
+--------------
+
This module provides support for Unix shell-style wildcards, which are *not* the
same as regular expressions (which are documented in the :mod:`re` module). The
special characters used in shell-style wildcards are:
@@ -70,6 +74,8 @@ patterns.
Return the shell-style *pattern* converted to a regular expression.
+ Be aware there is no way to quote meta-characters.
+
Example:
>>> import fnmatch, re
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Module :mod:`glob`
Unix shell-style path expansion.
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