def translate_pattern(pattern, anchor=1, prefix=None, is_regex=0):
    if is_regex:
        if isinstance(pattern, str):
            return re.compile(pattern)
        else:
            return pattern

    if pattern:
        pattern_re = glob_to_re(pattern)
    else:
        pattern_re = ''

    if prefix is not None:
        # ditch end of pattern character
        empty_pattern = glob_to_re('')
        prefix_re = glob_to_re(prefix)[:-len(empty_pattern)]
        sep = os.sep
        if os.sep == '\\':
            sep = r'\\'
        pattern_re = "^" + sep.join((prefix_re, ".*" + pattern_re))
    else:                               # no prefix -- respect anchor flag
        if anchor:
            pattern_re = "^" + pattern_re

    return re.compile(pattern_re)
Translate a shell-like wildcard pattern to a compiled regular
dataset/ETHPy150Open azoft-dev-team/imagrium/env/Lib/distutils/filelist.py/translate_pattern