Function translate

Lib/fnmatch.py:95–102

Translate a shell PATTERN to a regular expression. There is no way to quote meta-characters.

(pat)

def translate(pat):
    """Translate a shell PATTERN to a regular expression.

    There is no way to quote meta-characters.
    """

    parts, star_indices = _translate(pat, '*', '.')
    return _join_translated_parts(parts, star_indices)


_re_setops_sub = re.compile(r'([&~|])').sub