regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Group 1(^[A-Za-z0-9]{8})

^start of line

Character Class[A-Za-z0-9]{8}

{8}matches exactly 8 characters from the set below:

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

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

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

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

EXECthe literal text EXEC (case sensitive)

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

PGM=the literal text PGM= (case sensitive)

Group 2([A-Za-z0-9]*)

Character Class[A-Za-z0-9]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

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

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Non-Capturing Group(?:,PARM='([A-Za-z0-9,()=]*)')?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

,PARM='the literal text ,PARM=' (case sensitive)

Group 3([A-Za-z0-9,()=]*)

Character Class[A-Za-z0-9,()=]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

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

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:,COND=$([A-Za-z0-9,]*)$)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

,COND=the literal text ,COND= (case sensitive)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 4([A-Za-z0-9,]*)

Character Class[A-Za-z0-9,]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

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

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

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

(^[A-Za-z0-9]{8}).*EXEC.*PGM=([A-Za-z0-9]*)(?:,PARM='([A-Za-z0-9,()=]*)')?(?:,COND=\(([A-Za-z0-9,]*)\))?

New

STEP0010 EXEC PGM=SORT,PARM='SIZE(MAX),DYNALLOC=(SYSDA,15)',COND=(0,NE)
STEPCTLG EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,COND=(4,LT)