diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 398a5cc..0ecf603 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 *.core
 *.a
 *.so
+examples/argparse
+examples/concurrency
 examples/coroutine1
 examples/coroutine2
 examples/format
+examples/glob
 examples/listdir
 examples/range
 examples/range_pipe
diff --git a/examples/glob.cc b/examples/glob.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95c7278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/glob.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/** @example glob.cc
+ *
+ * An example of using glob patterns,
+ */
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <ostd/io.hh>
+#include <ostd/filesystem.hh>
+
+using namespace ostd;
+
+int main() {
+    writeln("-- all example sources (examples/*.cc) --\n");
+    {
+        auto app = appender<std::vector<filesystem::path>>();
+        glob_match(app, "examples/*.cc");
+
+        for (auto &ex: app.get()) {
+            writefln("found: %s", ex);
+        }
+    }
+    writeln("\n-- recursive source files (src/**/*.cc) --\n");
+    {
+        auto app = appender<std::vector<filesystem::path>>();
+        glob_match(app, "src/**/*.cc");
+
+        for (auto &ex: app.get()) {
+            writefln("found: %s", ex);
+        }
+    }
+    writeln("\n-- 5-character headers (ostd/?????.hh) --\n");
+    {
+        auto app = appender<std::vector<filesystem::path>>();
+        glob_match(app, "ostd/?????.hh");
+
+        for (auto &ex: app.get()) {
+            writefln("found: %s", ex);
+        }
+    }
+    writeln("\n-- examples starting with f-r (examples/[f-r]*.cc) --\n");
+    {
+        auto app = appender<std::vector<filesystem::path>>();
+        glob_match(app, "examples/[f-r]*.cc");
+
+        for (auto &ex: app.get()) {
+            writefln("found: %s", ex);
+        }
+    }
+    writeln("\n-- examples not starting with f-r (examples/[!f-r]*.cc) --\n");
+    {
+        auto app = appender<std::vector<filesystem::path>>();
+        glob_match(app, "examples/[!f-r]*.cc");
+
+        for (auto &ex: app.get()) {
+            writefln("found: %s", ex);
+        }
+    }
+    writeln("\n-- headers starting with c, f or s (ostd/[cfs]*.hh) --\n");
+    {
+        auto app = appender<std::vector<filesystem::path>>();
+        glob_match(app, "ostd/[cfs]*.hh");
+
+        for (auto &ex: app.get()) {
+            writefln("found: %s", ex);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// output:
+// -- all example sources (examples/*.cc) --
+//
+// found: examples/format.cc
+// found: examples/stream2.cc
+// found: examples/stream1.cc
+// found: examples/glob.cc
+// found: examples/coroutine1.cc
+// found: examples/range.cc
+// found: examples/signal.cc
+// found: examples/argparse.cc
+// found: examples/range_pipe.cc
+// found: examples/listdir.cc
+// found: examples/concurrency.cc
+// found: examples/coroutine2.cc
+//
+// -- recursive source files (src/**/*.cc) --
+//
+// found: src/context_stack.cc
+// found: src/io.cc
+// found: src/process.cc
+// found: src/concurrency.cc
+// found: src/environ.cc
+// found: src/posix/context_stack.cc
+// found: src/posix/process.cc
+// found: src/win32/context_stack.cc
+// found: src/win32/process.cc
+//
+// -- 5-character headers (ostd/?????.hh) --
+//
+// found: ostd/range.hh
+// found: ostd/event.hh
+//
+// -- examples starting with f-r (examples/[f-r]*.cc) --
+//
+// found: examples/format.cc
+// found: examples/glob.cc
+// found: examples/range.cc
+// found: examples/range_pipe.cc
+// found: examples/listdir.cc
+//
+// -- examples not starting with f-r (examples/[!f-r]*.cc) --
+//
+// found: examples/stream2.cc
+// found: examples/stream1.cc
+// found: examples/coroutine1.cc
+// found: examples/signal.cc
+// found: examples/argparse.cc
+// found: examples/concurrency.cc
+// found: examples/coroutine2.cc
+//
+// -- headers starting with c, f or s (ostd/[cfs]*.hh) --
+//
+// found: ostd/context_stack.hh
+// found: ostd/channel.hh
+// found: ostd/format.hh
+// found: ostd/string.hh
+// found: ostd/stream.hh
+// found: ostd/concurrency.hh
+// found: ostd/coroutine.hh
+// found: ostd/filesystem.hh
diff --git a/ostd/filesystem.hh b/ostd/filesystem.hh
index d4e4f13..b36f7c7 100644
--- a/ostd/filesystem.hh
+++ b/ostd/filesystem.hh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * Additionally, it implements glob matching following POSIX with its
  * own extensions (mainly recursive glob matching via `**`).
  *
+ * @include glob.cc
  * @include listdir.cc
  *
  * @copyright See COPYING.md in the project tree for further information.