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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def glob(*args):
 """Returns list of paths matching one or more wildcard patterns. Args: include_dirs: Include directories in the output """

    if len(args) is 1 and isinstance(args[0], list):
        args = args[0]
    matches = []
    for pattern in args:
        for item in glob2.glob(pattern):
            if not os.path.isdir(item):
                matches.append(item)
    return matches