Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Negated Character Class[^:]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\*!]

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

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

^[^:]*:[^\*!]

New

foo::bar:baz:::
foo:pwd:baz:::
foo:*:bar:baz:::
foo:!:bar:baz:::
foo:!!:bar:baz:::
foo:!pwd:baz:::