vfind, supporting shell expansions and regexp

src/cmdline_parser.py

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ cmd_parser.add_argument("-S", "--show-subtree-info", action="store_true")
 ## more than one occurrencies of -e option are appended in a list
 cmd_parser.add_argument("-e", "--exclude", action="append")
 
+# supporting regular expression otherwise use shell expansions
+cmd_parser.add_argument("-re", "--regular-expression", action="store_true")
+
 cmd_parser.add_argument("-i", "--include", action="append")
 
 # start the command line parsing

src/tree_find.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import time
 
 import re
+import fnmatch
 
 from src.colors import RED, YELLOW, GREEN, CYAN , BLUE, PURPLE
 from src.tree import NerdTree
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ class NerdTreeFind(NerdTree):
   def __init__(self, startpath, opts={}, find_opts={}):
     self.item_name = ''
     self.re_item_name = None
+    '''
+    re_item_name is a regexp python object, can be
+      1. a regular expression, specifying in the command line -re option
+      2. a string that supports the shell expansion
+    '''
     self.results = []
     self.start_time = time.time()
     self.end_time = None
@@ -137,14 +143,24 @@ class NerdTreeFind(NerdTree):
     self.compute_aggregate_recursively(tree_struct)
     return tree_struct
 
+  def get_reobj_find(self, item_name):
+    if not self.find_opts['use_regular_expression']:
+      regex = fnmatch.translate(item_name)
+      reobj = re.compile(regex)
+      return reobj
+
+    reobj = re.compile(r'^%s$' % (item_name,))
+    return reobj
+
   def reset(self, new_item_name, new_opts):
     self.find_opts = new_opts
     self.results = []
     self.item_name = new_item_name
     print('Starting from path: %s' % CYAN(self.startpath,))
-    print('Regexp: %s' % CYAN(new_item_name,))
+    print('Use regexp: %s' % (CYAN(self.find_opts['use_regular_expression'])))
+    print('pattern: %s' % CYAN(new_item_name,))
     try:
-      self.re_item_name = re.compile(r'^%s$' % (new_item_name,))
+      self.re_item_name = self.get_reobj_find(new_item_name)
     except re.error:
       raise Exception('Can\'t compile regexp %s, exit'  % (new_item_name,))
     self.json_tree_find = {}