glob.md

Fast file pattern matching tool that finds files by name/pattern, returning paths sorted by modification time (newest first).

- Provide glob pattern to match against file paths - Optional starting directory (defaults to current working directory) - Results sorted with most recently modified files first

<pattern_syntax>

  • '*' matches any sequence of non-separator characters
  • '**' matches any sequence including separators
  • '?' matches any single non-separator character
  • '[...]' matches any character in brackets
  • '[!...]' matches any character not in brackets </pattern_syntax>
- '*.js' - JavaScript files in current directory - '**/*.js' - JavaScript files in any subdirectory - 'src/**/*.{ts,tsx}' - TypeScript files in src directory - '*.{html,css,js}' - HTML, CSS, and JS files - Results limited to 100 files (newest first) - Does not search file contents (use Grep for that) - Hidden files (starting with '.') skipped

<cross_platform>

  • Path separators handled automatically (/ and \ work)
  • Uses ripgrep (rg) if available, otherwise Go implementation
  • Patterns should use forward slashes (/) for compatibility </cross_platform>
- Combine with Grep: find files with Glob, search contents with Grep - For iterative exploration requiring multiple searches, consider Agent tool - Check if results truncated and refine pattern if needed