Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(\w{4}:\w{4}:\w{4}|\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2})

1st Alternative\w{4}:\w{4}:\w{4}

\w{4}a Unicode word character, repeated exactly 4 times

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\w{4}a Unicode word character, repeated exactly 4 times

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\w{4}a Unicode word character, repeated exactly 4 times

2nd Alternative\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2}

\w{2}a Unicode word character, repeated exactly 2 times

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\w{2}a Unicode word character, repeated exactly 2 times

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\w{2}a Unicode word character, repeated exactly 2 times

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\w{2}a Unicode word character, repeated exactly 2 times

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\w{2}a Unicode word character, repeated exactly 2 times

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\w{2}a Unicode word character, repeated exactly 2 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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

(\w{4}:\w{4}:\w{4}|\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2}:\w{2})

New

a0b1:ff33:acd5 ghwvauguvwi ybvakvi
klasilvavh; 11b9:33df:55f6
haliviv
a4d1:e733:ff55
66a1:b2f3:b9c5
a0:b1:c2:d3:e5:f6