How to use the match function from minimatch

minimatch.match is a function used in Node.js that compares a string against a wildcard pattern and returns a boolean value indicating whether the string matches the pattern.

How does minimatch.match work?

minimatch.match is a function that takes a list of strings and a glob pattern as input, and returns an array of strings that match the given pattern. The function uses the minimatch module to match each input string against the pattern, and returns the strings that match. It supports various options for customizing the matching behavior, such as case sensitivity, whether to match dotfiles, and more.

Ai Example

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const minimatch = require("minimatch");

const patterns = ["**/*.js", "!node_modules/**"];

const files = ["src/app.js", "test/index.js", "node_modules/lodash.js"];

const matchedFiles = minimatch.match(files, patterns);

console.log(matchedFiles); // Output: [ 'src/app.js', 'test/index.js' ]

In this example, minimatch.match is used to match an array of file paths against an array of glob patterns. The patterns array contains two patterns: one to match all JavaScript files (**/*.js) and another to exclude files in the node_modules directory (!node_modules/**). The files array contains three file paths, one of which is in the node_modules directory. minimatch.match returns a new array containing only the file paths that match the given patterns. In this case, the output shows that only the first two files (src/app.js and test/index.js) match the patterns and are included in the matchedFiles array.