Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Group 1(\/[^\/]*){1,4}

{1,4}repeats the group contents below between 1 and 4 times:

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\/]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

$end of line

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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25 tokens

^(\/[^\/]*){1,4}\/?$

New

/home/myuser/folder_example/first_file.txt
/home/myuser/folder_example/second_file.txt
/home/myuser/folder_example/third_file.txt