regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Substitution Workspace

Pro

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\/)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=[^\/\n]{0,6}path)

Negated Character Class[^\/\n]{0,6}

{0,6}matches between 0 and 6 characters outside the set below:

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

paththe literal text path (case sensitive)

Negated Character Class[^\/]{10}

{10}matches exactly 10 characters outside the set below:

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?<=\/)(?=[^\/\n]{0,6}path)[^\/]{10}\/

New

d:/KeepItSimple/1234path21/WAVs/filename.wav
d:/TryToKeepItSimple/5678path23/WAVs/filename2.wav
d:/Simpler/path567823/WAVs/filename2.wav
d:/TooShort/path56782/WAVs/filename2.wav
d:/TooLong/path5678234/WAVs/filename2.wav
d:/pathNotPresent/5678pat23/f3.wav

Substitution

d:/KeepItSimple/1234path21/WAVs/filename.wav
d:/TryToKeepItSimple/5678path23/WAVs/filename2.wav
d:/Simpler/path567823/WAVs/filename2.wav
d:/TooShort/path56782/WAVs/filename2.wav
d:/TooLong/path5678234/WAVs/filename2.wav
d:/pathNotPresent/5678pat23/f3.wav