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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
No Match

/
/
gm

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use strict; my $str = 'may. 30 07:04:32 host CEF:0|Security Events|ThreatAlert|869000350019695021|-SiteId (227349) bancaenlinea.bicsa.com -VisitCountry Germany|-RuleName Bad Bots|-ActionTakenRequest blocked |EntryPage bancaenlinea.bicsa.com/user/register//user/register/ -ClienteApp Chinese Vulnerability Scanner:1 -Ip 212.124.114.242-NumRequests 1 -AttemptedOn URL -AttackVectorInternalCode 200.0 may. 26 21:41:22 host CEF:0|Security Events|ThreatAlert|1000000270132476675|-SiteId (226911) www.bicsa.com -VisitCountry United States|-RuleName Bad Bots|-ActionTakenRequest blocked |EntryPage www.bicsa.com/robots.txt/robots.txt -ClienteApp LTX71:1 -Ip 35.226.23.240-NumRequests 1 -AttemptedOn URL -AttackVectorInternalCode 200.0 may. 27 17:13:21 host CEF:0|Security Events|ThreatAlert|432001330089612747|-SiteId (226911) www.bicsa.com -VisitCountry China|-RuleName Bad Bots|-ActionTakenRequest blocked |EntryPage www.bicsa.com/es/es -ClienteApp YisouSpider:1 -Ip 106.11.153.199-NumRequests 1 -AttemptedOn URL -AttackVectorInternalCode 200.0 may. 27 17:13:22 host CEF:0|Security Events|ThreatAlert|432001330089614196|-SiteId (226911) www.bicsa.com -VisitCountry China|-RuleName Bad Bots|-ActionTakenRequest blocked |EntryPage www.bicsa.com/robots.txt/robots.txt -ClienteApp YisouSpider:1 -Ip 106.11.155.219-NumRequests 2 -AttemptedOn URL -AttackVectorInternalCode 200.0 may. 27 17:13:22 host CEF:0|Security Events|ThreatAlert|432001330089614196|-SiteId (226911) www.bicsa.com -VisitCountry China -VisitCountry China|-RuleName Bad Bots|-ActionTakenRequest blocked |EntryPage www.bicsa.com/robots.txt/robots.txt -ClienteApp YisouSpider:1 -Ip 106.11.155.219-NumRequests 2/robots.txt -ClienteApp YisouSpider:1 -Ip 106.11.155.219-NumRequests 2 -AttemptedOn URL -AttackVectorInternalCode 200.0 may. 31 06:29:22 host CEF:0|Security Events|ThreatAlert|156000740014728873|-SiteId (226911) www.bicsa.com -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States -VisitCountry United States|-RuleName DDoS|-ActionTakenRequest suspended |EntryPage www.bicsa.com/www.bicsa.com/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1www.bicsa.com/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/robots.txt -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/pub/nuevo-formato-de-cheques/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/cuentas-corrientes/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/contacto/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/cobranzas/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/corporativa/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/finanzas-estructuradas/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/personal/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/ordenes-de-pago/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/ordenes-de-pago-2/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/certificado/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/e-banking/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/acerca-de-bicsa/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/infopersonal/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/bicsacapital/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/phishing/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/mapa-del-sitio/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/reportefraude/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/en/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/seguridad-y-privacidad/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1/servicios/ -ClienteApp Bot:1 -Ip 138.197.77.70-NumRequests 1 '; my $regex = qr/^.*?CEF:\d+\|(?<severity>.*?)\|(?<group>.*?)\|(?<process>\d+)\|-SiteId\s\((?<processid>\d+)\)\s(?<url>.*?)\s.[^\s]+\s(?<recipient>.*?)\|-RuleName\s(?<threatname>[^\|]+)\|-ActionTakenRequest(?<action>[^\|]+)\|EntryPage\s(?<subject>.*?)\s/mp; if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) { print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n"; # print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n"; # print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n"; } # ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p' # Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html