Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1(NAME)

NAMEthe literal text NAME (case sensitive)

Group 2((\s)?:(\s)?)

Group 3(\s)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\sany whitespace character

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 4(\s)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\sany whitespace character

Group 5([ |,| (|)|\\|\.|\"|\w|\-|\+]*)

Character Class[ |,| (|)|\\|\.|\"|\w|\-|\+]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\wany word character

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

Group 6((\s)*?,(\s)*?)

Group 7(\s)*?

*?repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\sany whitespace character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Group 8(\s)*?

*?repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\sany whitespace character

Group 9(DESCR)

DESCRthe literal text DESCR (case sensitive)

Group 10((\s)?:(\s)?)

Group 11(\s)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\sany whitespace character

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 12(\s)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\sany whitespace character

Group 13([ |,| (|)|\\|\.|\"|\w|\-|\+]*)

Character Class[ |,| (|)|\\|\.|\"|\w|\-|\+]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\wany word character

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

Group 14(\s)

\sany whitespace character

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

Match Information

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(NAME)((\s)?:(\s)?)([ |,| (|)|\\|\.|\"|\w|\-|\+]*)((\s)*?,(\s)*?)(DESCR)((\s)?:(\s)?)([ |,| (|)|\\|\.|\"|\w|\-|\+]*)(\s)

New

WDL3-4N-C4510-1A#show inventory
NAME: "Switch System", DESCR: "Cisco Systems, Inc. WS-C4510R+E 10 slot switch "
PID: WS-C4510R+E       , VID: V03  , SN: FOX1616GNS8

NAME: "Clock Module", DESCR: "Clock Module"
PID: WS-X4K-CLOCK-E    , VID: V01  , SN: NWG161794PT

NAME: "Mux Buffer 1 ", DESCR: "Mux Buffers for Redundancy Logic"
PID: WS-X4590-EX=      , VID:      , SN: NWG16179CP9

NAME: "Mux Buffer 2 ", DESCR: "Mux Buffers for Redundancy Logic"
PID: WS-X4590-EX=      , VID:      , SN: NWG16179C3T

NAME: "Mux Buffer 3 ", DESCR: "Mux Buffers for Redundancy Logic"
PID: WS-X4590-EX=      , VID:      , SN: NWG16179CUN

NAME: "Mux Buffer 4 ", DESCR: "Mux Buffers for Redundancy Logic"
PID: WS-X4590-EX=      , VID:      , SN: NWG16179AXZ

NAME: "Mux Buffer 7 ", DESCR: "Mux Buffers for Redundancy Logic"
PID: WS-X4590-EX=      , VID:      , SN: NWG16179CTE

NAME: "Mux Buffer 8 ", DESCR: "Mux Buffers for Redundancy Logic"
PID: WS-X4590-EX=      , VID:      , SN: NWG16179C3V

NAME: "Mux Buffer 9 ",