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  • All Tokens
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  • Substitution
  • 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

Regular Expression

/
/
mxg

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

$re = '/ (?:\n|\A)[ ]* # 1: Opening marker ( [ ]{0,2}(?:~{3,}|`{3,}) # 3 or more tildes/backticks. ) [ ]* (?: \.?([\w-_:\.\/\{\+\},\@]+) # 2: standalone class name | \{((?:[ ]*[#.][-_:a-zA-Z0-9]+){1,})[ ]*\} # 3: Extra attributes )? [ ]* \n # Whitespace and newline following marker. # 4: Content ( (?> (?!\1 [ ]* \n) # Not a closing marker. .*\n+ )+ ) # Closing marker. \1 [ ]* (?= \n )/mx'; $str = ' B1B {{ site.data.reusables.ssh.dsa-support }} {{ site.data.reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal }} 2. Enter `ls -al ~/.ssh` to see if existing SSH keys are present: ```shell $ ls -al ~/.ssh # Lists the files in your .ssh directory, if they exist ``` dadas dasdasdasda ~~~dadasd $ ls -al ~/.ssh # Lists the files in your .ssh directory, if they exist ~~~ 3. Check the directory listing to see if you already have a public SSH key. By default, the filenames of the public keys are one of the following: * *id_dsa.pub* * *id_ecdsa.pub* * *id_ed25519.pub* * *id_rsa.pub* - If you don\'t have an existing public and private key pair, or don\'t wish to use any that are available to connect to GitHub, then [generate a new SSH key](/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent). - If you see an existing public and private key pair listed (for example *id_rsa.pub* and *id_rsa*) that you would like to use to connect to GitHub, you can [add your SSH key to the ssh-agent](/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/#adding-your-ssh-key-to-the-ssh-agent). {{#tip}} **Tip:** If you receive an error that *~/.ssh* doesn\'t exist, don\'t worry! We\'ll create it when we [generate a new SSH key](/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent). {{/tip}}'; preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

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 PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php