Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

cd the literal text cd (case sensitive)

Group 1(.*?)

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

\$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

lsthe literal text ls (case sensitive)

Group 2(.*?)

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

\$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

cd (.*?)\$ ls(.*?)\$

New

$ cd / $ ls dir a 14848514 b.txt 8504156 c.dat dir d $ cd a $ ls dir e 29116 f 2557 g 62596 h.lst $ cd e $ ls 584 i $ cd .. $ cd .. $ cd d $ ls 4060174 j 8033020 d.log 5626152 d.ext 7214296 k

Substitution

$ cd / $ ls dir a 14848514 b.txt 8504156 c.dat dir d $ cd a $ ls dir e 29116 f 2557 g 62596 h.lst $ cd e $ ls 584 i $ cd .. $ cd .. $ cd d $ ls 4060174 j 8033020 d.log 5626152 d.ext 7214296 k