Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^ \n]* +){5}

{5}repeats the group contents below exactly 5 times:

Negated Character Class[^ \n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

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

+the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated at least once

Group extension(?P<extension>[^ ]+)

Negated Character Class[^ ]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^-\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group location(?P<location>\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(?:[^ \n]* +){5}(?P<extension>[^ ]+)[^-\n]*-\s+(?P<location>\w+)

New

Mar  7 14:24:29 10.52.176.215 Mar  7 12:24:29 963568 - Melbourne details-cable-issue - vdvfvfv

Mar 20 09:52:55 10.52.176.215 Mar 20 07:52:55 963569 - Brisbane cable-issue

Substitution

Mar  7 14:24:29 10.52.176.215 Mar  7 12:24:29 963568 - Melbourne details-cable-issue - vdvfvfv

Mar 20 09:52:55 10.52.176.215 Mar 20 07:52:55 963569 - Brisbane cable-issue