Glob
Updated: 10/04/2017 by Computer Hope
A glob may refer to any of the following:
1. Glob describes the expansion or the match of values returned with wildcards, regular expressions, or other pattern matches. For example, typing the command below returns results similar to those listed below.
dir *.htm
about.htm file.htm index.htm last.htm
In the above example, the glob is the asterisks (*), which means to match anything that ends with .htm.
Tip
See our regular expression and wildcard terms for further information.
2. Glob is an FTP command to turn on and off globbing.
3. Glob also refers to a small drop of a substance. For example, a glob of thermal compound would be about the size of a pencil eraser head.