Test _expand_paths of insights-core: https://github.com/redhataccess/insights-client/blob/master/insights_client/utilities.py#L176

test_expand_path.py

import os
import json


def _expand_paths(path):
    """
    Expand wildcarded paths
    """
    import re
    dir_name = os.path.dirname(path)
    paths = []
    print("Attempting to expand:", path)

    if os.path.isdir(dir_name):
        files = os.listdir(dir_name)
        match = os.path.basename(path)
        for file_path in files:
            if re.match(match, file_path):
                expanded_path = os.path.join(dir_name, file_path)
                paths.append(expanded_path)
        return paths
    else:
        return("Could not expand", path)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    with open('test_uploader.json', 'r') as fh:
        specs = json.load(fh)
    root = '/home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test'
    paths = None
    for spec in specs['files']:
        print('\n=== Spec {}: "{}" ==='.format(spec['symbolic_name'],
                                               spec['file']))
        if spec['file'][0] == '/':
            path = root + spec['file']
        else:
            path = root + '/' + spec['file']
        print('Paths: {}'.format(_expand_paths(path)))

    for spec in specs['globs']:
        print('\n=== Spec {}: "{}" ==='.format(spec['symbolic_name'],
                                               spec['glob']))
        if spec['glob'][0] == '/':
            path = root + spec['glob']
        else:
            path = root + '/' + spec['glob']
        print('Paths: {}'.format(_expand_paths(path)))

test_uploader.json

{
    "files": [
	{
            "file": "/var/log/libvirt/qemu/(.*.log)",
            "pattern": [],
            "symbolic_name": "libvirtd_qemu_log"
        },
	{
            "file": "/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log",
            "pattern": [],
            "symbolic_name": "libvirtd_log"
        }
    ],
    "globs": [
        {
            "glob": "var/log/ceph/()*ceph-osd.*\\.log$",
            "pattern": [
                "common/Thread.cc"
            ],
            "symbolic_name": "ceph_osd_log"
        },
        {
            "glob": "/var/log/ceph/()ceph.log*",
            "pattern": [
                "[WRN] slow request"
            ],
            "symbolic_name": "ceph_log"
        }
    ]
}

tree test/

Output:

$ tree test
test
└── var
    └── log
        ├── ceph
        │   ├── ceph.log.1
        │   ├── ceph-osd.1.log
        │   └── ceph-osd.2.log
        └── libvirt
            ├── libvirtd.log
            └── qemu
                ├── bar.log
                └── foo.log

5 directories, 6 files

$ python ./test_expand_path.py 

=== Spec libvirtd_qemu_log: "/var/log/libvirt/qemu/(.*.log)" ===
Attempting to expand: /home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test/var/log/libvirt/qemu/(.*.log)
Paths: ['/home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test/var/log/libvirt/qemu/bar.log', '/home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test/var/log/libvirt/qemu/foo.log']

=== Spec libvirtd_log: "/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log" ===
Attempting to expand: /home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log
Paths: ['/home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log']

=== Spec ceph_osd_log: "var/log/ceph/()*ceph-osd.*\.log$" ===
Attempting to expand: /home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test/var/log/ceph/()*ceph-osd.*\.log$
Paths: ['/home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test/var/log/ceph/ceph-osd.1.log', '/home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test/var/log/ceph/ceph-osd.2.log']

=== Spec ceph_log: "/var/log/ceph/()ceph.log*" ===
Attempting to expand: /home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test/var/log/ceph/()ceph.log*
Paths: ['/home/psachin/github/insights/insights-core-assets/test/var/log/ceph/ceph.log.1']