Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group name(?<name>\S+)

\S+any non-whitespace character, repeated at least once

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group mac(?<mac>\w\w:\w\w:\w\w:\w\w:\w\w:\w\w)

\wany word character

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\wany word character

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\wany word character

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\wany word character

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\wany word character

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\wany word character

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\V*any character that's not a vertical whitespace character, repeated any number of times

$end of line

Global pattern flags

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

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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Search reference

Regular Expression

^(?<name>\S+) (?<mac>\w\w:\w\w:\w\w:\w\w:\w\w:\w\w) \V*$

Test String
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2 access point on the Site Name network regained contact with the Meraki cloud.

AP1 e4:55:a8:2d:8c:65 11:27 AM GMT on Mar 26
AP2 e4:55:a8:2d:8c:66 11:27 AM GMT on Mar 26

    Cisco Meraki

Regular Expression

Test StringNew

Test String
New