Globber

Globber is a lightweight Windows command-line utility that expands wildcard arguments (like *.py) in commands that don't support globbing natively — such as git, mv, or custom scripts.

🚀 What It Does

With Globber, you can run:

globber git mv *.py src/

and it transforms that into:

git mv a.py b.py c.py src/

I like to rename it to $.exe and then you can write

$ git mv *.py src/

WHY ? - Because Windows CMD does NOT expand wildcards in arguments. So if you run:

git mv *.py src/

you get an error like:

fatal: bad source, source=.py, destination=src/.py

✅ Features

• Expands * and ? in any argument position
• Keeps non-wildcard args untouched
• Works via standard system() call
• Supports filenames with spaces
• Tiny executable: ideal for scripting or Git hooks

🛠️ Usage

globber <command> [args with wildcards]

Examples:

globber echo *.txt

globber git mv *.c src/

globber custom_script.exe "data set*/raw*.csv"

And if you rename globber.exe to %.exe

$ git mv *.c src/

💻 Build Instructions

Using Tiny C Compiler:

tcc -o globber.exe globber.c

Link to Tiny C Compiler: https://bellard.org/tcc/

Or MSVC:

cl globber.c /Fe:globber.exe

📁 File Structure

• globber.c — the main source file
• globber.exe — compiled binary
• README.md — this documentation

📦 License

MIT — free to use, hack, and share.

✨ Inspired By

Unix shells that just do this right.