Regular Expressions 101

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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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gm

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const regex = /(?i)(%(25){0,}20|\s)*(%(25){0,}24|\$)(%(25){0,}20|\s)*(%(25){0,}7B|{)(%(25){0,}20|\s)*(%(25){0,}(6A|4A)|J)(%(25){0,}(6E|4E)|N)(%(25){0,}(64|44)|D)(%(25){0,}(69|49)|I)(%(25){0,}20|\s)*(%(25){0,}3A|:)[\w\%]+(%(25){1,}3A|:)(%(25){1,}2F|\/)[^\n]+/gm; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('(?i)(%(25){0,}20|\\s)*(%(25){0,}24|\\$)(%(25){0,}20|\\s)*(%(25){0,}7B|{)(%(25){0,}20|\\s)*(%(25){0,}(6A|4A)|J)(%(25){0,}(6E|4E)|N)(%(25){0,}(64|44)|D)(%(25){0,}(69|49)|I)(%(25){0,}20|\\s)*(%(25){0,}3A|:)[\\w\\%]+(%(25){1,}3A|:)(%(25){1,}2F|\\\/)[^\\n]+', 'gm') const str = `Sample Log4j strings: \${JNDI:LDAP:// \${JNDI:LDAPS:// \${JNDI:RMI:// \${JNDI:DNS:// \${JNDI:NIS:// \${JNDI:IIOP:// \${JNDI:CORBA:// \${JNDI:NDS:// \${JNDI:HTTPS:// \${JNDI:HTTP:// \$ { JNDI :LDAPS:// \$ { JNDI :LDAPS:// \${jNDi:l%252564ap:// JNDI = %6A%6E%64%69 jndi = %4A%4E%44%49 Multi-encoding log4j strings (without spaces): %24%7B%6A%6E%64%69%3A%2F %2524%257B%256A%256E%2564%2569%253A %2524%257B%256A%256E%2564%2569%253A%252F %252524%25257B%25256A%25256E%252564%252569%25253A%25252F Multi-URL Encoded string characters: (?i) (%(25){0,}20|\\s)* (%(25){0,}24|\$) (%(25){0,}20|\\s)* (%(25){0,}7B|{) (%(25){0,}20|\\s)* (%(25){0,}(6A|4A)|J) (%(25){0,}(6E|4E)|N) (%(25){0,}(64|44)|D) (%(25){0,}(69|49)|I) (%(25){0,}20|\\s)* (%(25){0,}3A|:) (%(25){0,}2F|\\/) [\\w\\%]+ (%(25){0,}3A|:) (%(25){0,}2F|\\/) `; // Reset `lastIndex` if this regex is defined globally // regex.lastIndex = 0; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

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 JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions