is-extglob (2.1.1)
Published 2026-02-24 13:58:25 +00:00 by atheaadmin
Installation
registry=npm install is-extglob@2.1.1"is-extglob": "2.1.1"About this package
is-extglob

Returns true if a string has an extglob.
Install
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save is-extglob
Usage
var isExtglob = require('is-extglob');
True
isExtglob('?(abc)');
isExtglob('@(abc)');
isExtglob('!(abc)');
isExtglob('*(abc)');
isExtglob('+(abc)');
False
Escaped extglobs:
isExtglob('\\?(abc)');
isExtglob('\\@(abc)');
isExtglob('\\!(abc)');
isExtglob('\\*(abc)');
isExtglob('\\+(abc)');
Everything else...
isExtglob('foo.js');
isExtglob('!foo.js');
isExtglob('*.js');
isExtglob('**/abc.js');
isExtglob('abc/*.js');
isExtglob('abc/(aaa|bbb).js');
isExtglob('abc/[a-z].js');
isExtglob('abc/{a,b}.js');
isExtglob('abc/?.js');
isExtglob('abc.js');
isExtglob('abc/def/ghi.js');
History
v2.0
Adds support for escaping. Escaped exglobs no longer return true.
About
Related projects
- has-glob: Returns
trueif an array has a glob pattern. | homepage - is-glob: Returns
trueif 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:
$ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb
Running tests
Install dev dependencies:
$ npm install -d && npm test
Author
Jon Schlinkert
License
Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.
This file was generated by verb-generate-readme, v0.1.31, on October 12, 2016.
Dependencies
Development Dependencies
| ID | Version |
|---|---|
| gulp-format-md | ^0.1.10 |
| mocha | ^3.0.2 |
Keywords
bash
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