Regular Expressions 101

Group 1([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:]){5}

{5}repeats the group contents below exactly 5 times:

Character Class[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[:]

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 2([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})

Character Class[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

u modifier: unicode. Treats the pattern and subject as UTF-16

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})

New

Devices:\n\thci1\t00:50:B6:80:4D:5D\n\thci0\t00:15:83:15:A2:CB\n

Devices:\n\thci1\t00:50:B6:80:4D:5D\n\thci0\t00:15:83:15:A2:CB\n