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  • 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

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// include the latest version of the regex crate in your Cargo.toml extern crate regex; use regex::Regex; fn main() { let regex = Regex::new(r#"(?ms)(-x ("|'))(\w+)\2(?!.*(?1)\3["|'])"#).unwrap(); let string = "testuser /get_results.sh -q -x 'igp_srm_m' -s 'yesterday' -e 'yesterday' -m '2048' -b >>'/var/log/process/srm-console.log' 2>&1 00 10 * * 2-6 testuser /get_results.sh -q -x 'igp_srm_m' -s 'yesterday' -e 'yesterday' -m '2048' -w '720' >>'/var/log/process/srm-console.log' 2>&1 00 08 * * 1-5 testuser /get_results.sh -q -x \"igp_srm_m\" -s \"today\" -e \"today\" -m \"90000\" -b -z partA >>\"/var/log/process/france-partA-console.log\" 2>&1 00 12 * * 2-6 testuser /get_results.sh -q -x \"igp_france\" -s \"yesterday\" -e \"yesterday\" -m \"90000\" -w \"900\" -z partA >>\"/var/log/process/france-partA-console.log\" 2>&1 00 08 * * 1-5 testuser /get_results.sh -q -x \"igp_france\" -s \"today\" -e \"today\" -m \"90000\" -b -z partB >>\"/var/log/process/france-partB-console.log\" 2>&1 00 12 * * 2-6 testuser /get_results.sh -q -x \"igp_france\" -s \"yesterday\" -e \"yesterday\" -m \"90000\" -w \"900\" -z partB >>\"/var/log/process/france-partB-console.log\" 2>&1 00 12 * * 2-6 testuser JAVA_OPTS='-server -Xmx512m' /merge.sh \"yesterday\" \"igp_france\" \"partA,partB\" >>\"/var/log/process/france-console.log\" 2>&1 00 08 * * 1-5 testuser /get_results.sh -q -x \"igpswitz_france\" -s \"today\" -e \"today\" -m \"15000\" -b >>'/var/log/process/igpswitz_france-console.log' 2>&1 00 12 * * 2-6 testuser /get_results.sh -q -x \"igpswitz_france\" -s \"yesterday\" -e \"yesterday\" -m \"15000\" -Dapc.maxalerts=8000 -w \"900\" >>'/var/log/process/igpswitz_france-console.log' 2>&1 30 07 * * 2-6 testuser /get_results.sh -q -x \"igp_franced\" -s 'yesterday' -e 'yesterday' -m \"105000\" -b >>\"/var/log/process/franced-console.log\" 2>&1 15 12 * * 2-6 testuser /get_results.sh -q -x \"igp_franced\" -s 'yesterday' -e 'yesterday' -m \"105000\" -w \"960\" >>\"/var/log/process/franced-console.log\" 2>&1 "; // result will be an iterator over tuples containing the start and end indices for each match in the string let result = regex.captures_iter(string); for mat in result { println!("{:?}", mat); } }

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 Rust, please visit: https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/