import maya.cmds as cmds import re def jpmSelectAllControls(): thisObj = cmds.ls(sl=1)[0] splitName = re.split(":", thisObj) prefix = "" for i in (range(len(splitName)-1)): if prefix == "": prefix = splitName[i] else: prefix = prefix + ":" + splitName[i] cmds.select(prefix + ":*_CTRL")