Issue #13968: The glob module now supports recursive search in
subdirectories using the "**" pattern.
diff --git a/Doc/library/glob.rst b/Doc/library/glob.rst
index abcbf38..50f38a4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/glob.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/glob.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
The :mod:`pathlib` module offers high-level path objects.
-.. function:: glob(pathname)
+.. function:: glob(pathname, *, recursive=False)
Return a possibly-empty list of path names that match *pathname*, which must be
a string containing a path specification. *pathname* can be either absolute
@@ -37,8 +37,19 @@
:file:`../../Tools/\*/\*.gif`), and can contain shell-style wildcards. Broken
symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell).
+ If *recursive* is true, the pattern "``**``" will match any files and zero or
+ more directories and subdirectories. If the pattern is followed by a
+ ``os.sep``, only directories and subdirectories match.
-.. function:: iglob(pathname)
+ .. note::
+ Using the "``**``" pattern in large directory trees may consume
+ an inordinate amount of time.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+ Support for recursive globs using "``**``".
+
+
+.. function:: iglob(pathname, recursive=False)
Return an :term:`iterator` which yields the same values as :func:`glob`
without actually storing them all simultaneously.
@@ -55,8 +66,9 @@
.. versionadded:: 3.4
-For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
-:file:`1.gif`, :file:`2.txt`, and :file:`card.gif`. :func:`glob` will produce
+For example, consider a directory containing the following files:
+:file:`1.gif`, :file:`2.txt`, :file:`card.gif` and a subdirectory :file:`sub`
+which contains only the file :file:`3.txt`. :func:`glob` will produce
the following results. Notice how any leading components of the path are
preserved. ::
@@ -67,6 +79,10 @@
['1.gif', 'card.gif']
>>> glob.glob('?.gif')
['1.gif']
+ >>> glob.glob('**/*.txt', recursive=True)
+ ['2.txt', 'sub/3.txt']
+ >>> glob.glob('./**/', recursive=True)
+ ['./', './sub/']
If the directory contains files starting with ``.`` they won't be matched by
default. For example, consider a directory containing :file:`card.gif` and