\|the literal | (12410 / 1748 / 7C16)
linksthe literal text links (case sensitive) *the literal (3210 / 408 / 2016) , repeated any number of times
=the literal = (6110 / 758 / 3D16)
*the literal (3210 / 408 / 2016) , repeated any number of times
*?repeats the group contents below any number of times:
\s*?any whitespace character, repeated any number of times
.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times
^start of line
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