Postgress select like any of array of text - database

Question

i have 2 tables; table 1: contain a wildcard paths and table 2: files with full path;
i want to select all files that match wild card path
example:
table1:
| type | path |
| sys | /etc/* |
| protected | /etc/* |
| sys | /sys/* |
| log | /log/* |
table2:
| file | path |
| f1.cmd | /etc/folder/name |
| f2.cmd | /log/folder/name |
| f3.cmd | /etc/folder/name |
| f4.cmd | /sys/folder/name |
my ultimate goal is: to create a VIEW that has all data from table2 and add one more column type to tell me which type does this file belongs to.
so that i can select all files that is of type = sys for example
** what i tried:**
step 1: get list of all paths of wanted type.
select array_agg(replace(path,'*','%')) from
table1 where type = 'sys'
group by type
this will result with something like {"etc\\%","sys\\%"}
step 2 select files using like any
select * from symbols where path like any ( array['etc\\%', 'sys\\%'] )
this successfully returned all files with paths like one i need.
now quesiton is how can i combine both queries into one :D ?
or is there an easier way using JOIN for example.
thanks

Answer 1

You could get the table1.type from each row in table2 by checking if table1.path is a substring of table2.path:
with table1(type, path) as (
values ('sys', '/etc/*'),
('sys', '/sys/*'),
('log', '/log/*'),
('etc', '/etc/*')
),
table2(file, path) as (
values ('f1.cmd', '/etc/folder/name'),
('f2.cmd', '/log/folder/name'),
('f3.cmd', '/etc/folder/name'),
('f4.cmd', '/sys/folder/name')
)
select *,
(select type
from table1
where position(replace(path, '*', '') in table2.path) > 0
limit 1) as type
from table2;
file | path | type
--------+------------------+------
f1.cmd | /etc/folder/name | sys
f2.cmd | /log/folder/name | log
f3.cmd | /etc/folder/name | sys
f4.cmd | /sys/folder/name | sys
(4 rows)