regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

.any character (except for line terminators)

Group 1(.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Group 2(]\s)

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Group 3(.[a-zA-Z]*)

.any character (except for line terminators)

Character Class[a-zA-Z]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Group 4(..)

.any character (except for line terminators)

Group 5(.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

.(.*)(]\s)(.[a-zA-Z]*)(..)(.*)

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[1518-08-11 00:47] falls asleep
[1518-03-09 00:07] falls asleep
[1518-06-29 00:41] wakes up
[1518-05-27 23:58] Guard #743 begins shift
[1518-05-19 00:43] falls asleep
[1518-03-17 00:33] falls asleep
[1518-07-12 00:49] falls asleep
[1518-11-03 00:15] wakes up
[1518-06-05 00:57] wakes up
[1518-11-07 00:24] falls asleep
[1518-07-06 00:12] falls asleep
[1518-05-26 23:59] Guard #907 begins shift
[1518-06-01 00:28] wakes up
[1518-11-09 00:04] falls asleep

Regular Expressions 101

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