Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Group 1([\S+]{3}\s+[\S+]{3}\s+[\d+]{2}\s+[\d+]{2}:[\d+]{2}:{0,2}:[\d+]{2}:{0,2}\s+[\d+]{0,4})

Character Class[\S+]{3}

{3}matches exactly 3 characters from the set below:

\Sany non-whitespace character

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[\S+]{3}

{3}matches exactly 3 characters from the set below:

\Sany non-whitespace character

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[\d+]{2}

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

\da digit

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[\d+]{2}

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

\da digit

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class[\d+]{2}

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

\da digit

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

:{0,2}the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆) , repeated between 0 and 2 times

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class[\d+]{2}

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

\da digit

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

:{0,2}the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆) , repeated between 0 and 2 times

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[\d+]{0,4}

{0,4}matches between 0 and 4 characters from the set below:

\da digit

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group 2(\/[\S+]*)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Character Class[\S+]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\Sany non-whitespace character

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group 3([\S+*\s+]*)

Character Class[\S+*\s+]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\Sany non-whitespace character

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

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

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

Match Information

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^([\S+]{3}\s+[\S+]{3}\s+[\d+]{2}\s+[\d+]{2}:[\d+]{2}:{0,2}:[\d+]{2}:{0,2}\s+[\d+]{0,4})\s+(\/[\S+]*)\s+([\S+*\s+]*)

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