>>> filename =3D u"gr=F6t" >>> file =3D open(filename, "w") >>> file.close() >>> import glob >>> print glob.glob("gr*") ['gr\303\266t'] >>> print glob.glob(u"gr*") [u'gr\366t'] >>> import os >>> os.system("dir gr*") ... GR=C7=F4T 0 01-02-03 12.34 gr=C7=F4t 1 fil(es) 0 byte 0 dir 12 345 678 byte free hmm. </F>