.. _sec-hadoop-glob:

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Hadoop Glob Patterns
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| Pattern           |                                   Description                                          |
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| ``?``             | | Matches any single character                                                         |
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| ``*``             | | Matches zero or more characters                                                      |
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| ``[abc]``         | | Matches a single character from character set {a,b,c}.                               |
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| ``[a-b]``         | | Matches a single character from the character range {a...b}. Note that the "^"       |
|                   | | character must occur immediately to the right of the opening bracket.                |
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| ``[^a]``          | | Matches a single character that is not from character set or range {a}. Note that    |
|                   | | the "^"character must occur immediately to the right of the opening bracket.         |
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| ``\c``            | | Removes (escapes) any special meaning of character c.                                |
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| ``{ab,cd}``       | | Matches a string from the string set {ab, cd}.                                       |
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|``{ab,c{de, fh}}`` | | Matches a string from the string set {ab, cde, cfh}.                                 |
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