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`