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]
• [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<CapturGroupName>. Use this powershell code to do this replacement : $powershellRegex = @' [Put here the regex to replace (?&CapturGroupName) with \k<CapturGroupName>] '@ -replace '\(\?&(\w+)\)', '\k<$1>' This example code must return : [Put here the regex to replace \k<CapturGroupName> with \k<CapturGroupName>]