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expanduser

expanduser(path)

Expand ~ and ~user constructions. If user or $HOME is unknown,

Example

Jinja call:

{{ "~\a" | expanduser }}
Result: ~

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Source code in python3.12/posixpath.py
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def expanduser(path):
    """Expand ~ and ~user constructions.  If user or $HOME is unknown,
    do nothing."""
    path = os.fspath(path)
    if isinstance(path, bytes):
        tilde = b'~'
    else:
        tilde = '~'
    if not path.startswith(tilde):
        return path
    sep = _get_sep(path)
    i = path.find(sep, 1)
    if i < 0:
        i = len(path)
    if i == 1:
        if 'HOME' not in os.environ:
            try:
                import pwd
            except ImportError:
                # pwd module unavailable, return path unchanged
                return path
            try:
                userhome = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir
            except KeyError:
                # bpo-10496: if the current user identifier doesn't exist in the
                # password database, return the path unchanged
                return path
        else:
            userhome = os.environ['HOME']
    else:
        try:
            import pwd
        except ImportError:
            # pwd module unavailable, return path unchanged
            return path
        name = path[1:i]
        if isinstance(name, bytes):
            name = os.fsdecode(name)
        try:
            pwent = pwd.getpwnam(name)
        except KeyError:
            # bpo-10496: if the user name from the path doesn't exist in the
            # password database, return the path unchanged
            return path
        userhome = pwent.pw_dir
    # if no user home, return the path unchanged on VxWorks
    if userhome is None and sys.platform == "vxworks":
        return path
    if isinstance(path, bytes):
        userhome = os.fsencode(userhome)
        root = b'/'
    else:
        root = '/'
    userhome = userhome.rstrip(root)
    return (userhome + path[i:]) or root

expandvars

expandvars(path)

Expand shell variables of form $var and ${var}. Unknown variables

Example

Jinja call:

{{ "%TEMP%" | expandvars }}
Result: %TEMP%

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Source code in python3.12/posixpath.py
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def expandvars(path):
    """Expand shell variables of form $var and ${var}.  Unknown variables
    are left unchanged."""
    path = os.fspath(path)
    global _varprog, _varprogb
    if isinstance(path, bytes):
        if b'$' not in path:
            return path
        if not _varprogb:
            import re
            _varprogb = re.compile(br'\$(\w+|\{[^}]*\})', re.ASCII)
        search = _varprogb.search
        start = b'{'
        end = b'}'
        environ = getattr(os, 'environb', None)
    else:
        if '$' not in path:
            return path
        if not _varprog:
            import re
            _varprog = re.compile(r'\$(\w+|\{[^}]*\})', re.ASCII)
        search = _varprog.search
        start = '{'
        end = '}'
        environ = os.environ
    i = 0
    while True:
        m = search(path, i)
        if not m:
            break
        i, j = m.span(0)
        name = m.group(1)
        if name.startswith(start) and name.endswith(end):
            name = name[1:-1]
        try:
            if environ is None:
                value = os.fsencode(os.environ[os.fsdecode(name)])
            else:
                value = environ[name]
        except KeyError:
            i = j
        else:
            tail = path[j:]
            path = path[:i] + value
            i = len(path)
            path += tail
    return path

fnmatch

fnmatch(name, pat)

Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN.

Aliases: fnmatch_fnmatch

Example

Jinja call:

{{ "test.txt" | fnmatch("*.txt") }}
Result: True

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Source code in python3.12/fnmatch.py
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def fnmatch(name, pat):
    """Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN.

    Patterns are Unix shell style:

    *       matches everything
    ?       matches any single character
    [seq]   matches any character in seq
    [!seq]  matches any char not in seq

    An initial period in FILENAME is not special.
    Both FILENAME and PATTERN are first case-normalized
    if the operating system requires it.
    If you don't want this, use fnmatchcase(FILENAME, PATTERN).
    """
    name = os.path.normcase(name)
    pat = os.path.normcase(pat)
    return fnmatchcase(name, pat)

fnmatch_filter

fnmatch_filter(names, pat)

Construct a list from those elements of the iterable NAMES that match PAT.

Example

Jinja call:

{{ ["test.txt", "test.xyz"] | fnmatch_filter("*.txt") }}
Result: ['test.txt']

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Source code in python3.12/fnmatch.py
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def filter(names, pat):
    """Construct a list from those elements of the iterable NAMES that match PAT."""
    result = []
    pat = os.path.normcase(pat)
    match = _compile_pattern(pat)
    if os.path is posixpath:
        # normcase on posix is NOP. Optimize it away from the loop.
        for name in names:
            if match(name):
                result.append(name)
    else:
        for name in names:
            if match(os.path.normcase(name)):
                result.append(name)
    return result

fnmatchcase

fnmatchcase(name, pat)

Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN, including case.

Aliases: fnmatch_fnmatchcase

Example

Jinja call:

{{ "test.txt" | fnmatchcase("*.txt") }}
{{ "test.txt" | fnmatchcase("*.TXT") }}
Result: True False

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Source code in python3.12/fnmatch.py
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def fnmatchcase(name, pat):
    """Test whether FILENAME matches PATTERN, including case.

    This is a version of fnmatch() which doesn't case-normalize
    its arguments.
    """
    match = _compile_pattern(pat)
    return match(name) is not None

get_directory_tree

get_directory_tree(root_path: 'str | os.PathLike[str]', *, show_hidden: 'bool' = False, show_size: 'bool' = True, show_date: 'bool' = False, show_permissions: 'bool' = False, show_icons: 'bool' = True, max_depth: 'int | None' = None, include_pattern: 'Pattern[str] | None' = None, exclude_pattern: 'Pattern[str] | None' = None, allowed_extensions: 'set[str] | None' = None, hide_empty: 'bool' = True, sort_criteria: 'SortCriteria' = <SortCriteria.NAME: 1>, reverse_sort: 'bool' = False, date_format: 'str' = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') -> 'str'

Create a DirectoryTree instance with the specified options.

Example

Jinja call:

{{ "." | get_directory_tree(allowed_extensions=[".py", ".md"]) }}
Result:
📂 
┣━━ 📂 docs
┃   ┣━━ 📝 extensions.md (1.0 kB)
┃   ┗━━ 📝 jinjafiles.md (3.2 kB)
┣━━ 📂 src
┃   ┗━━ 📂 jinjarope
┃       ┣━━ 📂 llm
┃       ┃   ┗━━ 🐍 __init__.py (0 Bytes)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 __init__.py (1.4 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 cli.py (2.6 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 codetree.py (12.2 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 configloaders.py (4.0 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 decorators.py (2.9 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 deepmerge.py (3.7 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 envconfig.py (2.6 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 envglobals.py (4.4 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 environment.py (23.2 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 envtests.py (5.2 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 filetree.py (12.6 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 fsspecloaders.py (5.0 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 htmlfilters.py (15.0 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 iconfilters.py (23.8 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 icons.py (2.9 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 inspectfilters.py (8.4 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 iterfilters.py (9.0 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 jinjafile.py (6.1 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 jinjaloaderfilesystem.py (9.3 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 lazylitellm.py (774 Bytes)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 llmfilters.py (8.4 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 loaderregistry.py (4.7 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 loaders.py (8.6 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 localization.py (5.0 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 manual.py (2.9 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 mdfilters.py (4.4 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 regexfilters.py (3.3 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 rewriteloader.py (2.2 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 serializefilters.py (4.2 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 tags.py (9.0 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 textfilters.py (6.5 kB)
┃       ┣━━ 🐍 undefined.py (577 Bytes)
┃       ┗━━ 🐍 utils.py (5.5 kB)
┣━━ 📂 tests
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 __init__.py (162 Bytes)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 conftest.py (35 Bytes)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_cli.py (545 Bytes)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_decorators.py (5.2 kB)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_environment.py (4.9 kB)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_fsspec_loaders.py (1.4 kB)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_jinjafile.py (1.0 kB)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_jinjaloaderfilesystem.py (5.0 kB)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_loaders.py (1.5 kB)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_misc_filters.py (222 Bytes)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_nested_dict_loader.py (2.4 kB)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_rewriteloader.py (460 Bytes)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_tags.py (4.4 kB)
┃   ┣━━ 🐍 test_template_file_loader.py (1.7 kB)
┃   ┗━━ 🐍 test_undefined.py (249 Bytes)
┣━━ 🐍 duties.py (1.5 kB)
┗━━ 📝 README.md (6.1 kB)

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Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
root_path str | PathLike[str]

Root path of the directory tree

required
show_hidden bool

Whether to show hidden files/directories

False
show_size bool

Whether to show file sizes

True
show_date bool

Whether to show modification dates

False
show_permissions bool

Whether to show file permissions

False
show_icons bool

Whether to show icons for files/directories

True
max_depth int | None

Maximum depth to traverse (None for unlimited)

None
include_pattern Pattern[str] | None

Regex pattern for files/directories to include

None
exclude_pattern Pattern[str] | None

Regex pattern for files/directories to exclude

None
allowed_extensions set[str] | None

Set of allowed file extensions

None
hide_empty bool

Whether to hide empty directories

True
sort_criteria SortCriteria

Criteria for sorting entries

NAME
reverse_sort bool

Whether to reverse the sort order

False
date_format str

Format string for dates

'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'

Returns:

Name Type Description
DirectoryTree str

Configured DirectoryTree instance

Source code in src/jinjarope/filetree.py
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def get_directory_tree(
    root_path: str | os.PathLike[str],
    *,
    show_hidden: bool = False,
    show_size: bool = True,
    show_date: bool = False,
    show_permissions: bool = False,
    show_icons: bool = True,
    max_depth: int | None = None,
    include_pattern: Pattern[str] | None = None,
    exclude_pattern: Pattern[str] | None = None,
    allowed_extensions: set[str] | None = None,
    hide_empty: bool = True,
    sort_criteria: SortCriteria = SortCriteria.NAME,
    reverse_sort: bool = False,
    date_format: str = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
) -> str:
    """Create a DirectoryTree instance with the specified options.

    Args:
        root_path: Root path of the directory tree
        show_hidden: Whether to show hidden files/directories
        show_size: Whether to show file sizes
        show_date: Whether to show modification dates
        show_permissions: Whether to show file permissions
        show_icons: Whether to show icons for files/directories
        max_depth: Maximum depth to traverse (None for unlimited)
        include_pattern: Regex pattern for files/directories to include
        exclude_pattern: Regex pattern for files/directories to exclude
        allowed_extensions: Set of allowed file extensions
        hide_empty: Whether to hide empty directories
        sort_criteria: Criteria for sorting entries
        reverse_sort: Whether to reverse the sort order
        date_format: Format string for dates

    Returns:
        DirectoryTree: Configured DirectoryTree instance

    Example:
        ```python
        tree = create_directory_tree(
            ".",
            show_hidden=True,
            max_depth=3,
            allowed_extensions={".py", ".txt"},
            exclude_pattern=re.compile(r"__pycache__")
        )
        tree.print_tree()
        ```
    """
    options = TreeOptions(
        show_hidden=show_hidden,
        show_size=show_size,
        show_date=show_date,
        show_permissions=show_permissions,
        show_icons=show_icons,
        max_depth=max_depth,
        include_pattern=include_pattern,
        exclude_pattern=exclude_pattern,
        allowed_extensions=allowed_extensions,
        hide_empty=hide_empty,
        sort_criteria=sort_criteria,
        reverse_sort=reverse_sort,
        date_format=date_format,
    )

    return DirectoryTree(root_path, options).get_tree_text()

glob

glob(pathname, *, root_dir=None, dir_fd=None, recursive=False, include_hidden=False)

Return a list of paths matching a pathname pattern.

Example

Jinja call:

{{ ".*" | glob }}
Result: ['.gitignore', '.github', '.pre-commit-config.yaml', '.ollama-install', '.venv', '.git']

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Source code in python3.12/glob.py
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def glob(pathname, *, root_dir=None, dir_fd=None, recursive=False,
        include_hidden=False):
    """Return a list of paths matching a pathname pattern.

    The pattern may contain simple shell-style wildcards a la
    fnmatch. Unlike fnmatch, filenames starting with a
    dot are special cases that are not matched by '*' and '?'
    patterns by default.

    If `include_hidden` is true, the patterns '*', '?', '**'  will match hidden
    directories.

    If `recursive` is true, the pattern '**' will match any files and
    zero or more directories and subdirectories.
    """
    return list(iglob(pathname, root_dir=root_dir, dir_fd=dir_fd, recursive=recursive,
                      include_hidden=include_hidden))

path_join

path_join(a, *p)

Join two or more pathname components, inserting '/' as needed.

Example

Jinja call:

{{ "a" | path_join("b") }}
Result: a/b

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Source code in python3.12/posixpath.py
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def join(a, *p):
    """Join two or more pathname components, inserting '/' as needed.
    If any component is an absolute path, all previous path components
    will be discarded.  An empty last part will result in a path that
    ends with a separator."""
    a = os.fspath(a)
    sep = _get_sep(a)
    path = a
    try:
        if not p:
            path[:0] + sep  #23780: Ensure compatible data type even if p is null.
        for b in map(os.fspath, p):
            if b.startswith(sep):
                path = b
            elif not path or path.endswith(sep):
                path += b
            else:
                path += sep + b
    except (TypeError, AttributeError, BytesWarning):
        genericpath._check_arg_types('join', a, *p)
        raise
    return path