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# is-glob [![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/is-glob.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/is-glob)  [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/is-glob.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/is-glob)

> Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern. This makes it easy to create code that only uses external modules like node-glob when necessary, resulting in much faster code execution and initialization time, and a better user experience.

Also take a look at [is-valid-glob](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-valid-glob) and [has-glob](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/has-glob).

## Install

Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)

```sh
$ npm i is-glob --save
```

## Usage

```js
var isGlob = require('is-glob');
```

**True**

Patterns that have glob characters or regex patterns will return `true`:

```js
isGlob('!foo.js');
isGlob('*.js');
isGlob('**/abc.js');
isGlob('abc/*.js');
isGlob('abc/(aaa|bbb).js');
isGlob('abc/[a-z].js');
isGlob('abc/{a,b}.js');
isGlob('abc/?.js');
//=> true
```

Extglobs

```js
isGlob('abc/@(a).js');
isGlob('abc/!(a).js');
isGlob('abc/+(a).js');
isGlob('abc/*(a).js');
isGlob('abc/?(a).js');
//=> true
```

**False**

Patterns that do not have glob patterns return `false`:

```js
isGlob('abc.js');
isGlob('abc/def/ghi.js');
isGlob('foo.js');
isGlob('abc/@.js');
isGlob('abc/+.js');
isGlob();
isGlob(null);
//=> false
```

Arrays are also `false` (If you want to check if an array has a glob pattern, use [has-glob](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/has-glob)):

```js
isGlob(['**/*.js']);
isGlob(['foo.js']);
//=> false
```

## Related

* [has-glob](https://www.npmjs.com/package/has-glob): Returns `true` if an array has a glob pattern. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/has-glob)
* [is-extglob](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-extglob): Returns true if a string has an extglob. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-extglob)
* [is-posix-bracket](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-posix-bracket): Returns true if the given string is a POSIX bracket expression (POSIX character class). | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-posix-bracket)
* [is-valid-glob](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-valid-glob): Return true if a value is a valid glob pattern or patterns. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-valid-glob)
* [micromatch](https://www.npmjs.com/package/micromatch): Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch. Just… [more](https://www.npmjs.com/package/micromatch) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/micromatch)

## Run tests

Install dev dependencies:

```sh
$ npm i -d && npm test
```

## Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-glob/issues/new).

## Author

**Jon Schlinkert**

+ [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
+ [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)

## License

Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert
Released under the MIT license.

***

_This file was generated by [verb-cli](https://github.com/assemble/verb-cli) on October 02, 2015._