diff --git a/sh/cmd.go b/sh/cmd.go
index 312de65a..7310af2e 100644
--- a/sh/cmd.go
+++ b/sh/cmd.go
@@ -7,59 +7,61 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/magefile/mage/mg"
 )
 
-// RunCmd returns a function that will call Run with the given command. This is
+// RunCmd returns a function that will call [Run] with the given command. This is
 // useful for creating command aliases to make your scripts easier to read, like
 // this:
 //
-//  // in a helper file somewhere
-//  var g0 = sh.RunCmd("go")  // go is a keyword :(
+//	// in a helper file somewhere
+//	var g0 = sh.RunCmd("go")  // go is a keyword :(
 //
-//  // somewhere in your main code
+//	// somewhere in your main code
 //	if err := g0("install", "github.com/gohugo/hugo"); err != nil {
 //		return err
-//  }
+//	}
 //
 // Args passed to command get baked in as args to the command when you run it.
 // Any args passed in when you run the returned function will be appended to the
 // original args.  For example, this is equivalent to the above:
 //
-//  var goInstall = sh.RunCmd("go", "install") goInstall("github.com/gohugo/hugo")
+//	var goInstall = sh.RunCmd("go", "install")
+//	goInstall("github.com/gohugo/hugo")
 //
-// RunCmd uses Exec underneath, so see those docs for more details.
+// RunCmd expands environment variables and file globs the same way [Exec] does.
 func RunCmd(cmd string, args ...string) func(args ...string) error {
 	return func(args2 ...string) error {
 		return Run(cmd, append(args, args2...)...)
 	}
 }
 
-// OutCmd is like RunCmd except the command returns the output of the
-// command.
+// OutCmd is like [RunCmd] except the command returns the output of the command.
 func OutCmd(cmd string, args ...string) func(args ...string) (string, error) {
 	return func(args2 ...string) (string, error) {
 		return Output(cmd, append(args, args2...)...)
 	}
 }
 
-// Run is like RunWith, but doesn't specify any environment variables.
+// Run is like [RunWith], but doesn't specify any environment variables.
 func Run(cmd string, args ...string) error {
 	return RunWith(nil, cmd, args...)
 }
 
-// RunV is like Run, but always sends the command's stdout to os.Stdout.
+// RunV is like [Run], but always sends the command's stdout to [os.Stdout].
 func RunV(cmd string, args ...string) error {
 	_, err := Exec(nil, os.Stdout, os.Stderr, cmd, args...)
 	return err
 }
 
 // RunWith runs the given command, directing stderr to this program's stderr and
-// printing stdout to stdout if mage was run with -v.  It adds adds env to the
-// environment variables for the command being run. Environment variables should
-// be in the format name=value.
+// printing stdout to stdout if mage was run with -v. It adds env to the
+// environment variables for the command being run.
+//
+// RunWith expands environment variables and file globs the same way [Exec] does.
 func RunWith(env map[string]string, cmd string, args ...string) error {
 	var output io.Writer
 	if mg.Verbose() {
@@ -69,20 +71,21 @@ func RunWith(env map[string]string, cmd string, args ...string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// RunWithV is like RunWith, but always sends the command's stdout to os.Stdout.
+// RunWithV is like [RunWith], but always sends the command's stdout to [os.Stdout].
 func RunWithV(env map[string]string, cmd string, args ...string) error {
 	_, err := Exec(env, os.Stdout, os.Stderr, cmd, args...)
 	return err
 }
 
 // Output runs the command and returns the text from stdout.
+// Output expands environment variables and file globs the same way [Exec] does.
 func Output(cmd string, args ...string) (string, error) {
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	_, err := Exec(nil, buf, os.Stderr, cmd, args...)
 	return strings.TrimSuffix(buf.String(), "\n"), err
 }
 
-// OutputWith is like RunWith, but returns what is written to stdout.
+// OutputWith is like [RunWith], but returns what is written to stdout.
 func OutputWith(env map[string]string, cmd string, args ...string) (string, error) {
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	_, err := Exec(env, buf, os.Stderr, cmd, args...)
@@ -91,16 +94,20 @@ func OutputWith(env map[string]string, cmd string, args ...string) (string, erro
 
 // Exec executes the command, piping its stdout and stderr to the given
 // writers. If the command fails, it will return an error that, if returned
-// from a target or mg.Deps call, will cause mage to exit with the same code as
-// the command failed with. Env is a list of environment variables to set when
-// running the command, these override the current environment variables set
-// (which are also passed to the command). cmd and args may include references
-// to environment variables in $FOO format, in which case these will be
-// expanded before the command is run.
+// from a target or [mg.Deps] call, will cause mage to exit with the same code as
+// the command failed with. env is a list of environment variables to set when
+// running the command; these override the current environment variables set
+// (which are also passed to the command).
+//
+// cmd and args may include references to environment variables in $FOO format,
+// in which case these will be expanded before the command is run.
 //
-// Ran reports if the command ran (rather than was not found or not executable).
-// Code reports the exit code the command returned if it ran. If err == nil, ran
-// is always true and code is always 0.
+// Also, any file glob patterns in args are expanded. For example, "*.go" will be
+// expanded to the list of Go files in the current directory. See [filepath.Match]
+// for the syntax. There is no glob expansion of cmd, however.
+//
+// ran reports if the command ran (rather than was not found or not executable).
+// If err == nil, ran is always true.
 func Exec(env map[string]string, stdout, stderr io.Writer, cmd string, args ...string) (ran bool, err error) {
 	expand := func(s string) string {
 		s2, ok := env[s]
@@ -124,7 +131,12 @@ func Exec(env map[string]string, stdout, stderr io.Writer, cmd string, args ...s
 }
 
 func run(env map[string]string, stdout, stderr io.Writer, cmd string, args ...string) (ran bool, code int, err error) {
-	c := exec.Command(cmd, args...)
+	expanded, err := expandGlob(args)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, 0, err
+	}
+
+	c := exec.Command(cmd, expanded...)
 	c.Env = os.Environ()
 	for k, v := range env {
 		c.Env = append(c.Env, k+"="+v)
@@ -133,10 +145,11 @@ func run(env map[string]string, stdout, stderr io.Writer, cmd string, args ...st
 	c.Stdout = stdout
 	c.Stdin = os.Stdin
 
-	var quoted []string 
-	for i := range args {
-		quoted = append(quoted, fmt.Sprintf("%q", args[i]));
+	var quoted []string
+	for _, arg := range expanded {
+		quoted = append(quoted, fmt.Sprintf("%q", arg))
 	}
+
 	// To protect against logging from doing exec in global variables
 	if mg.Verbose() {
 		log.Println("exec:", cmd, strings.Join(quoted, " "))
@@ -144,10 +157,28 @@ func run(env map[string]string, stdout, stderr io.Writer, cmd string, args ...st
 	err = c.Run()
 	return CmdRan(err), ExitStatus(err), err
 }
+
+func expandGlob(value []string) (result []string, err error) {
+	for _, v := range value {
+		matches, err := filepath.Glob(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(matches) > 0 {
+			for _, x := range matches {
+				result = append(result, x)
+			}
+		} else {
+			result = append(result, v)
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 // CmdRan examines the error to determine if it was generated as a result of a
-// command running via os/exec.Command.  If the error is nil, or the command ran
+// command running via [exec.Command].  If the error is nil, or the command ran
 // (even if it exited with a non-zero exit code), CmdRan reports true.  If the
-// error is an unrecognized type, or it is an error from exec.Command that says
+// error is an unrecognized type, or it is an error from [exec.Command] that says
 // the command failed to run (usually due to the command not existing or not
 // being executable), it reports false.
 func CmdRan(err error) bool {
@@ -165,7 +196,7 @@ type exitStatus interface {
 	ExitStatus() int
 }
 
-// ExitStatus returns the exit status of the error if it is an exec.ExitError
+// ExitStatus returns the exit status of the error if it is an [exec.ExitError]
 // or if it implements ExitStatus() int.
 // 0 if it is nil or 1 if it is a different error.
 func ExitStatus(err error) int {
diff --git a/sh/cmd_test.go b/sh/cmd_test.go
index c2f5d04f..010e86b9 100644
--- a/sh/cmd_test.go
+++ b/sh/cmd_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package sh
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func TestNotRun(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestAutoExpand(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAutoEnvExpand(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := os.Setenv("MAGE_FOOBAR", "baz"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -68,5 +69,26 @@ func TestAutoExpand(t *testing.T) {
 	if s != "baz" {
 		t.Fatalf(`Expected "baz" but got %q`, s)
 	}
+}
 
+func TestAutoGlobExpand(t *testing.T) {
+	// these deliberately specify a set of files that should be stable over the longer term
+	// (i.e. avoiding the names of source code files)
+	t.Run("* ? and [] glob", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s, err := Output("ls", "../R*.md", "../go.??[dm]", "../*/config.toml")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if s != "../go.mod\n../go.sum\n../README.md\n../site/config.toml" {
+			t.Errorf(`Expected "../go.mod\n../go.sum\n../README.md\n../site/config.toml" but got %q`, s)
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("glob syntax error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := Output("ls", "../go.\\")
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected error, but got nil")
+		} else if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), `failed to run "ls ../go.\:`) {
+			t.Errorf("Actual error was %q", err.Error())
+		}
+	})
 }