Regular Expressions 101

Explanation
Pro

^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\|\{|\%|\/)

1st Alternative\\

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\{

\{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

3rd Alternative\%

\%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

4th Alternative\/

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

.+any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\|/)

1st Alternative\\

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative/

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

^(?:\\|\{|\%|\/).+(?:\\|/)

\Files\System\ado\
C:\Dir\me\match1\poq!"&\file.txt
http://example/uploads/ssh/
{drive of encrypted files}\FreezedByWizard.README.TXT
%Program Files%\Common Files\System\ado\
/home/user/web/other.longextension

Extraction

\Files\System\ado\
C:\Dir\me\match1\poq!"&\file.txt
http://example/uploads/ssh/
{drive of encrypted files}\FreezedByWizard.README.TXT
%Program Files%\Common Files\System\ado\
/home/user/web/other.longextension