use strict;
my $str = '# Invalid IPs:
999.999.999.999.
108.0.0.01
0.1.2.3
00.0000.00.00
192.168.l.1
912.456.123.123
.3.3.3.0
192.168.o.0
# Local IPs:
172.16.0.9
172.16.4.1
172.17.1.1
127.0.0.2
10.0.1.5
10.0.0.1
10.155.155.155
10.255.255.254
172.16.0.4
172.16.0.1
172.17.1.1
172.31.254.254
192.168.1.2
192.168.254.0
169.254.2.2
# Broadcast IPs:
60.123.247.255
196.168.255.255
10.255.255.255
192.168.255.255
# Public IPs:
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4';
my $regex = qr/^([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(?<!172\.(16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31))(?<!127)(?<!^10)(?<!^0)\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(?<!192\.168)(?<!172\.(16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31))\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(?<!\.255$)$/mp;
if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) {
print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n";
# print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n";
# print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n";
}
# ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p'
# Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}
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 Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html