Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative("(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")

Group 1("(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^"\\]

Negated Character Class[^"\\]

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\.

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative('(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*')

Group 2('(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*')

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^'\\]

Negated Character Class[^'\\]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\.

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

3rd Alternative[\S]+

Character Class[\S]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\Sany non-whitespace character

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

("(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")|('(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*')|[\S]+

New

set foo "bar\" baz" asdflkj
set foo 'bar"" baz' # this is a comment
set foo 'bar # nested comment'
set foo "bar'"asdfasdf"' baz"

set foo 'bar "boom \'clap\'" baz'; get foo

Regular Expression

Substitution