import re
regex = re.compile(r"^(\d+/\d+/\d+ \d+:\d+:\d+)\s+\S+\s+\S+\s+(.+), client", flags=re.MULTILINE)
test_str = ("2019/03/15 14:22:59 [error] 14064#0: <error I need to find>, client: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, server: example.com, request: \"POST /hello\", host: \"example.com\"\n"
"2019/03/15 14:22:59 [error] 14064#0: <error I need to find>, client: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, server: example.com, request: \"POST /hello\", host: \"example.com\"\n"
"2019/03/15 14:22:59 [error] 14064#0: <error I need to find>, client: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, server: example.com, request: \"POST /hello\", host: \"example.com\"2019/03/15 14:22:59")
matches = regex.finditer(test_str)
for match_num, match in enumerate(matches, start=1):
print(f"Match {match_num} was found at {match.start()}-{match.end()}: {match.group()}")
for group_num, group in enumerate(match.groups(), start=1):
print(f"Group {group_num} found at {match.start(group_num)}-{match.end(group_num)}: {group}")
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 Python, please visit: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html