Regular Expressions 101

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  • Common Tokens
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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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# If you'd like to omit non-matching lines from the result; add ';d' to the end of the expression. sed -E 's/(.*?\"\s+)\bOR\b(\s+application.*?)/$1||$2/gm;t' <<< "(quote.AGE was 24 AND (application.path = \"**\acad.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\dxfdwg.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\EXCELSIOR.EXE\" OR application.path = \"**\iges.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\notepad.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\run_journal.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\AcroRd32.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\dllhost.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\powerpnt.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\Edge.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\step203ug.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\step214ug.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\VisView.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\Teamcenter.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\ug_convert_part.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\ugraf.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\ugtopv.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\wmplayer.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\winword.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\wordpad.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\vlc.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\dwgviewr.exe\" OR application.name = \"RMS\" OR application.path = \"**\acrobat.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\Alias.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\awtessd.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\proe.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\STPViewer.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\gom_inspect.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\gom_cad_server2.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\sldworks.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\sldworks_fs.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\sldProcMon.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\AdapplicationMgr.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\AdapplicationMgrSvc.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\SE3Dtrans.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\stamp.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\psolid.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\mpid.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\mpirun.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\FS.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\xtop.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\pro_comm_msg.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\nmsd.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\creoagent.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\parametric.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\PDFEditor.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\CNEXT.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\drafter.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\convert.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\ActCut3D.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\ppcbasic.exe\" OR application.path = \"**\deltamesh_stamping.exe\" OR application.path = \"Xasfsf\" OR application.path = \"sfdsdf\"))"

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for SED, please visit: https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s_0022-Command.html