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Expand Up @@ -798,8 +798,9 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist).
>>> sorted(Path('.').glob('*/*.py'))
[PosixPath('docs/conf.py')]

The "``**``" pattern means "this directory and all subdirectories,
recursively". In other words, it enables recursive globbing::
Patterns are the same as for :mod:`fnmatch`, with the addition of "``**``"
which means "this directory and all subdirectories, recursively". In other
words, it enables recursive globbing::

>>> sorted(Path('.').glob('**/*.py'))
[PosixPath('build/lib/pathlib.py'),
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