Regular Expressions 101

--the literal text --

Group myfield(?<myfield>[^-\n]+)

Negated Character Class[^-\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

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

--the literal text --

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

--(?<myfield>[^-\n]+)--

New

10.231.247.162--WTLDNDAA001--Can't ping DSLAM
10.44.69.250--TCSUAZMS--VisibilityOnly--Can't ping DSLAM 
10.44.69.250--TCSUAZMS--Can't ping DSLAM--VisibilityOnly 
172.31.247.148--CLSPCO32H01.2--Can't ping DSLAM 
172.31.166.155--RSBGORBU--Can't ping DSLAM

Regular Expression

Extraction