Using regex in file glob ?

Wiggins has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Some times things are so obvious that they are not documented. But who can tell?

I am looking for a file in a directory using the 'glob' <>. within that glob is a non-simple RE.

 
my @possible = <${pathHi}(.*[_-]?RTM[_-]).*[.]xlsx>;   #perl glob
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This throws no errors, but never returns anything either. I am looking for something like:

   RTM.xlsx
   RTM-v3.3_.xlsx
   system_2_RTM_v3-4.xlsx
   system 3-RTM.xlsx         #yes, embeded spaces in file names
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As I searched, the only example was '*', and no description of what could be used, or what internals would be doing the processing.

Pointers to some docs?

It is always better to have seen your target for yourself, rather than depend upon someone else's description.

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Re: Using regex in file glob ? by Lotus1 (Vicar) on May 03, 2021 at 13:50 UTC
File::Glob gives you a list of the metacharacters. glob() doesn't do regular expressions. It uses wildcard characters in the metacharacter list similar to ls or dir from the command line.	[reply]
Re: Using regex in file glob ? by Fletch (Bishop) on May 03, 2021 at 17:36 UTC
Perhaps Path::Tiny where the `children` method will take a regexp (sample from an OS X box): `$ perl -MPath::Tiny=path -E 'say join( qq{\n}, path(q{/})->children(qr +/i[bn]\|sr/) )' /usr /bin /sbin /Library /com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots` [download] The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Using regex in file glob ? by tybalt89 (Monsignor) on May 03, 2021 at 20:26 UTC
A simple way... `my @possible = grep /${pathHi}(.[_-]?RTM[_-]).[.]xlsx/, <*>;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Using regex in file glob ? by LanX (Saint) on May 03, 2021 at 13:52 UTC
File-globs don't do regexes but wildcards like shell does. And I'm sure it's documented in `glob` If you want to apply regexes you need to work with `opendir` and check file by file, like inside a `grep` File::Find is also quite popular here. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
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