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Get path from any text

Created·2023-01-31 14:38
Updated·2023-07-23 20:17
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
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Get path (windows style) from any type of text (error message, e-mail corps ...), quoted or not. THIS IS THE SINGLE LINE VERSION ! If you want understand how it work or edit it, go https://regex101.com/r/7o2fyy Relative path are not supported The goal is to catch what "Look like" a path. See the limitations UNC path and prefix path like //./], [//?/] or [//./UNC/] are allowed some url path like [file:///C:/] or [file://] are allowed Catch path quoted with ["] and [']. But these quotes are include with the catch Quoted path is not concerned by limitations Limitations : (only unquoted path) [dot] and [space] is allowed, but not in a row [dot+space] or [space+dot at end of file name isn't catched INSIDE A NAME FILE (or last directory if it is a path to a directory) : [comma] is not supported (it stop the catch) after a first [dot], any [space] stop the catch after a [space], catch is stoped if next character is not a [letter], [digit] or [-] so, double [space] stop the catch Compatibility compatible PCRE, PCRE2 AutoHotkey : don't forget to escape "%" in "`%" /!\ Powershell and .Net /!\\ : this regex need some modification to be interpreted by powershell. You have to replace each (?&CapturGroupName) by \k. Use this powershell code to do this replacement : ` $powershellRegex = @' [Put here the regex to replace (?&CapturGroupName) with \k] '@ -replace '\(\?&(\w+)\)', '\k' ` This example code must return : [Put here the regex to replace \k with \k]
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Regular Expression
Created·2016-06-23 20:04
Flavor·PCRE (Legacy)

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((?:[ ]|^|[^\d\.\:\-\r\n])((?:1[0-9]|2[0-4]|0?[1-9]|00|one|two|three|four|five|six|seven|eight|nine|ten|eleven|twelve)[ ]?[\:\. ]?[ ]?(?:[0-5][0-9]|fifteen|thirty|fou?rty ?five)(?:[ ]?(?:am|pm)|[ ]?o\'?[ ]?clock))(?:\b|$|,\b)|(?:[ ]|^|[^\d\.\:\-\r\n])(((?:1[0-9]|2[0-4]|0?[1-9]|00|one|two|three|four|five|six|seven|eight|nine|ten|eleven|twelve)(?:[ ]?(?:am|pm))|[ ]?o\'?[ ]?clock))(?:\b|$|,\b)|(?:[ ]|^|[^\d\.\:\-\r\n])((?:1[0-9]|2[0-4]|0?[1-9]|00|one|two|three|four|five|six|seven|eight|nine|ten|eleven|twelve)[ ]?[\:\. ][ ]?(?:[0-5][0-9]|fifteen|thirty|fou?rty ?five)(?:\b|$|,\b))|(?:[ ]|^|[^\d\.\:\-\r\n])((?:1[0-9]|2[0-4]|0?[1-9]|00) ?(?:PS?T|GMT|∆USA|∆US|ET|BST|∆UK|UK ?[Tt]ime|[Ee]astern [Tt]ime|[Pp]acific [Tt]ime|[Cc]entral [Tt]ime|∆UTC|ACDT|ACST|ACT|ACT|ADT|AEDT|AEST|AFT|AKDT|AKST|AMST|AMT|AMT|ART|AST|AST|AWDT|AWST|AZOST|AZT|BDT|BDT|BIOT|BRST|BRT|BST|BST|BST|BTT|CCT|CDT|CDT|CEDT|CEST|CET|CHADT|CHAST|CHOT|ChST|CHUT|CIST|CIT|CKT|CLST|CLT|COT|CST|CST|CST|CST|CST|CT|CVT|CWST|CXT|DAVT|DDUT|DFT|EASST|ECT|ECT|EDT|EEDT|EEST|EET|EGST|EGT|EIT|EST|EST|FET|FJT|FKST|FKST|FKT|FNT|GALT|GAMT|GFT|GILT|GIT|GMT|GST|GST|GYT|HADT|HAEC|HAST|HKT|HMT|HOVT|HST|IBST|ICT|IDT|IRDT|IRKT|IRST|IST|IST|IST|JST|KGT|KOST|KRAT|KST|LHST|LHST|LINT|MAGT|MART|MAWT|MDT|MET|MEST|MHT|MIST|MMT|MSK|MST|MST|MST|MUT|MVT|MYT|NCT|NDT|NFT|NPT|NST|NT|NUT|NZDT|NZST|OMST|ORAT|PDT|PETT|PGT|PHOT|PKT|PMDT|PMST|PONT|PST|PST|PYST|PYT|RET|ROTT|SAKT|SAMT|SAST|SBT|SCT|SGT|SLST|SRET|SRT|SST|SST|SYOT|TAHT|THA|TFT|TJT|TKT|TLT|TMT|TOT|TVT|ULAT|USZ1|UYST|UYT|UZT|VET|VLAT|VOLT|VOST|VUT|WAKT|WAST|WAT|WEDT|WEST|WET|WST|YAKT))\b)
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