[Chapter 3] 3.2.69 glob
Author: Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz
Date: 1999-07-02T01:50:37Z

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| Chapter 3 Functions |

### 3.2.69 glob

    glob EXPR

This function returns the value of `EXPR` with filename expansions such as a shell would do. (If `EXPR` is omitted, $_ is globbed instead.) This is the internal function implementing the `<*>` operator, except that it may be easier to type this way. For example, compare these two:

    @result = map { glob($_) } "*.c", "*.c,v";

    @result = map <${_}>, "*.c", "*.c,v";

The glob function is not related to the Perl notion of typeglobs, other than that they both use a `*` to represent multiple items.

3.2.68 getsockopt |  | 3.2.70 gmtime