import re
regex = re.compile(r"\[?(?<time>20\d\d-\d\d-\d\d\s*\d\d:\d\d:\d\d(?:\,|\.)\d+)\[?", flags=re.MULTILINE)
test_str = ("Apr 19 09:21:12 XYZADMXYZAB3P04 XYZADMXYZAB3P04 [customer] [426426|TaskExecutor-master-426426-ProcessTask [8797404726198]] [2018-04-19 09:21:11,929] [not present] [admin] [true]: Customer [aubcdsatest@google.com] is created/updated\n"
"Apr 25 15:00:44 XYZADMXYZAB3P04 XYZADMXYZAB3P04 [customer] [139468|TaskExecutor-master-139468-ProcessTask [8797864231862]] [2018-04-25 15:00:41,004] [not present] [admin] [true]: Customer [m.abcsree40@gmail.com] is created/updated\n"
"Apr 4 09:52:28 XYZECMXYZAB1P43 XYZECMXYZAB1P43 [customer] [103920|ajp-bio-8010-exec-158] [2018-04-04 09:52:21,843] [192.145.12.4] [line.sssss@icloud.com] [true]: Customer [lint.sre@icloud.com] is created/updated\n"
"Apr 4 09:52:28 XYZECMXYZAB1P43 XYZECMXYZAB1P43 [authentication] [103920|ajp-bio-8010-exec-158] [2018-04-04 09:52:21,876] [192.145.12.4] [abcd.sssss@icloud.com] [true]: user [abcd.ssss@icloud.com] successfully authenticated\n"
"Apr 9 12:41:52 XYZBUSXYZAB3P01 XYZBUSXYZAB3P01 [employee] [200061|hybrisHTTP8] [2018-04-09 12:41:48,609] [10.44.189.72] [anonymous] [true]: Employee [tester] is created/updated\n"
"Apr 21 02:55:46 ABCPUBXYZAB56 ABCPUBXYZAB56 2018-04-21 02:55:39.800 INFO [com.xyxf.auth.core.XYLoginHookAuthenticationHandler] Activated XYZ authentication feedback handler wrap handler enabled is true\n"
"Apr 12 08:23:06 ABCPUBXYZAB47 ABCPUBXYZAB47 2018-04-12 08:23:00.401 INFO [com.xyzf.auth.core.XYLoginHookAuthenticationHandler] 10.66.101.22 admin failed")
matches = regex.finditer(test_str)
for match_num, match in enumerate(matches, start=1):
print(f"Match {match_num} was found at {match.start()}-{match.end()}: {match.group()}")
for group_num, group in enumerate(match.groups(), start=1):
print(f"Group {group_num} found at {match.start(group_num)}-{match.end(group_num)}: {group}")
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 Python, please visit: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html