is-extglob

Returns true if a string has an extglob.

Install

Install with npm:

1$ npm install --save is-extglob

Usage

1var isExtglob = require('is-extglob');

True

1isExtglob('?(abc)');
2isExtglob('@(abc)');
3isExtglob('!(abc)');
4isExtglob('*(abc)');
5isExtglob('+(abc)');

False

Escaped extglobs:

1isExtglob('\\?(abc)');
2isExtglob('\\@(abc)');
3isExtglob('\\!(abc)');
4isExtglob('\\*(abc)');
5isExtglob('\\+(abc)');

Everything else...

1isExtglob('foo.js');
2isExtglob('!foo.js');
3isExtglob('*.js');
4isExtglob('**/abc.js');
5isExtglob('abc/*.js');
6isExtglob('abc/(aaa|bbb).js');
7isExtglob('abc/[a-z].js');
8isExtglob('abc/{a,b}.js');
9isExtglob('abc/?.js');
10isExtglob('abc.js');
11isExtglob('abc/def/ghi.js');

History

v2.0

Adds support for escaping. Escaped exglobs no longer return true.

About

Related projects

• has-glob: Returns true if an array has a glob pattern. | homepage
• is-glob: Returns true if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern… more | homepage
• micromatch: Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch. | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Building docs

(This document was generated by verb-generate-readme (a verb generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in .verb.md.)

To generate the readme and API documentation with verb:

1$ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

1$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.

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