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I was going through targeting minions in salt. There I came across a term called glob. Can someone explain with an example what is a glob in Salt-Stack?

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming) explains how this originated in UNIX. It shows up in lots of places now since UNIX was so influential. – chicks Aug 14 '18 at 18:09

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Globbing is a term used for matching file name patterns with wild cards. You can see a more detailed definition here https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/globbing

As it relates to Salt Stack, it's finding the minion id using wild cards. Additional details here: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/targeting/globbing.html

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