issue in pattern matching in python using glob

Question

I have directory having file names "VISCUS","MISMANAGE" etc i want to find files matching given pattern.

pattern = "SALES" # this changes dynamically as command-line args I am doing like below

import glob
files_present = glob.glob(r"*pattern*")
#glob.glob(r"*SALES*")works okay

Answer 1

'*pattern*' will not change to '*SALES*' . Try this:

pattern = "SALES"

import glob
files_present = glob.glob(r"*{}*".format(pattern))

Answer 2

something like this?

for pattern in ("VISCUS", "MISMANAGE"):
    files_present = glob.glob(r"*{}*".format(pattern))
    # do stuff with present files

you create the glob string from the loop variable.