Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Group 1(.+?)

.+?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Character Class[-. ]{0,3}

{0,3}matches between 0 and 3 characters from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

Group 2(\d?\d)

\d?optionally matches a Unicode decimal digit

\da Unicode decimal digit

Character Class[ex]

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case insensitive)

xthe literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case insensitive)

Group 3(\d\d)

\da Unicode decimal digit

Character Class[-. ]{0,3}

{0,3}matches between 0 and 3 characters from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 4(.*?)

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

Character Class[-. ]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?=pulcione|eng|ita|\w+Mux|\w+dl|\d+p|XviD|NovaRip).+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Positive Lookahead(?=pulcione|eng|ita|\w+Mux|\w+dl|\d+p|XviD|NovaRip)

1st Alternativepulcione

pulcionethe literal text pulcione (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativeeng

engthe literal text eng (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativeita

itathe literal text ita (case insensitive)

4th Alternative\w+Mux

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

Muxthe literal text Mux (case insensitive)

5th Alternative\w+dl

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

dlthe literal text dl (case insensitive)

6th Alternative\d+p

\d+a Unicode decimal digit, repeated at least once

pthe literal p (112₁₀ / 160₈ / 70₁₆) (case insensitive)

7th AlternativeXviD

XviDthe literal text XviD (case insensitive)

8th AlternativeNovaRip

NovaRipthe literal text NovaRip (case insensitive)

.+any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 5([\w]{2,3})

Character Class[\w]{2,3}

{2,3}matches between 2 and 3 characters from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

$end of line

Global pattern flags

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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

Match Information

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(.+?)[-. ]{0,3}s?(\d?\d)[ex](\d\d)[-. ]{0,3}(.*?)[-. ]?(?:(?=pulcione|eng|ita|\w+Mux|\w+dl|\d+p|XviD|NovaRip).+)?\.([\w]{2,3})$

New

The.Big.Bang.Theory.S07E01.L.Insufficienza.Da.Hofstadter.ITA.ENG.720p.DLMux.h264-GiuseppeTnT.avi
Bobs.Burgers.3x17.ITA.ENG.ErVaas92[TnT.Village].mkv
American Dad! - 8x03 - Tutore terrore.avi
Supernatural.2x09.Croatoan.ITA.DVDMux.XviD-NovaRip.avi
Futurama 07x03 Verdetto 3012 480p WEBDL x264 mSD EiZO.mkv

Extraction

The.Big.Bang.Theory.S07E01.L.Insufficienza.Da.Hofstadter.ITA.ENG.720p.DLMux.h264-GiuseppeTnT.avi
Bobs.Burgers.3x17.ITA.ENG.ErVaas92[TnT.Village].mkv
American Dad! - 8x03 - Tutore terrore.avi
Supernatural.2x09.Croatoan.ITA.DVDMux.XviD-NovaRip.avi
Futurama 07x03 Verdetto 3012 480p WEBDL x264 mSD EiZO.mkv