minimatch-cheat-sheet

A cheat sheet for minimatch.

Basic

• * matches any string, not including than path separator
• ** matches any string, including path separators
• ? matches single character other than path separator

Pattern	Matches	Does not match
xxx.*	xxx.yyy, xxx.y.z	abcxxx.yyy, xxx.y/z
xxx/*/yyy	xxx/abc/yyy	xxx/yyy, xxx/abc/def/yyy, xxx/.abc/yyy
xxx/**/yyy	xxx/abc/yyy, xxx/yyy, xxx/abc/def/yyy	xxx/.abc/yyy
xxx/**yyy	xxx/yyy	xxx/abc/yyy, xxx/abc/def/yyy, xxx/.abc/yyy
x?y	xAy	xy, xABy, x/y

Braces

• {foo,bar} matches "foo" and "bar"
• {1..3} matches "1", "2" and "3"

Pattern	Matches	Does not match
{foo,bar}	foo, bar	baz
{x,y/*}/z	x/z, y/a/z	y/z
foo{1..3}	foo1, foo2, foo3	foo, foo0

Negation

• !-prefixed patterns invert match

Pattern	Matches	Does not match
!abc	a, xyz	abc

Comments

• #-prefixed patterns are treated as comments and match nothing
• \# to escape

Pattern	Matches	Does not match
#abc		abc, #abc
\#abc	#abc	abc

Extglob

• +(pattern) matches one or more repetition of pattern (like /(pattern)+/)
• *(pattern) matches zero or more repetition of pattern (like /(pattern)*/)
• ?(pattern) matches zero or one repetition of pattern (like /(pattern)?/)
• @(pattern) matches pattern (like /(pattern)/)
• !(pattern) matches anything except the pattern (like /(?!pattern)/)
• pattern can be joined by | (like /(foo|bar)/)

Pattern	Matches	Does not match
a+(xy)	axy, axyxy	a
a*(xy)	a, axy, axyxy
a@(xy)	axy	a, axyxy
a!(xy)	ax	axy, axyz
a+(x|y*z)	axx, ayzxyzxx, axyAAAz	axy, a