regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Group 1(<dependency>\s+<groupId>)

<dependency>the literal text <dependency> (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

<groupId>the literal text <groupId> (case sensitive)

Group 2(.+)

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Group 3(</groupId>\s+<artifactId>)

</groupId>the literal text </groupId> (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

<artifactId>the literal text <artifactId> (case sensitive)

Group 4(.+)

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Group 5(</artifactId>\s+<version>)

</artifactId>the literal text </artifactId> (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

<version>the literal text <version> (case sensitive)

Group 6([^\$]+?)

Negated Character Class[^\$]+?

+?matches at least one character outside the set below:

\$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

Group 7(</version>[\s\S]*?\s+</dependency>)

</version>the literal text </version> (case sensitive)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

</dependency>the literal text </dependency> (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

Search reference

Regular Expression

(<dependency>\s+<groupId>)(.+)(</groupId>\s+<artifactId>)(.+)(</artifactId>\s+<version>)([^\$]+?)(</version>[\s\S]*?\s+</dependency>)

New

	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.example.one</groupId>
		<artifactId>example1</artifactId>
		<version>1.2.3</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.example.two</groupId>
		<artifactId>example2</artifactId>
		<version>${example2.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.example.three</groupId>
		<artifactId>example3</artifactId>
		<version>1.2.3</version>
		<scope>test</scope>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.example.four</groupId>
		<artifactId>example4</artifactId>
		<version>${example4.version}</version>
		<scope>test</scope>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.example.five</groupId>
		<artifactId>example5</artifactId>
		<version>1.2.3</version>
		<scope>test</scope>
		<exclusions>
			<exclusion>
				<artifactId>*</artifactId>
				<groupId>*</groupId>
			</exclusion>
		</exclusions>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.example.six</groupId>
		<artifactId>example6</artifactId>
		<version>${example6.version}</version>
		<scope>test</scope>
		<exclusions>
			<exclusion>
				<artifactId>*</artifactId>
				<groupId>*</groupId>
			</exclusion>
		</exclusions>
	</dependency>

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Substitution