Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:\"(.+?)\"|([^\s]+))

1st Alternative\"(.+?)\"

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 1(.+?)

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

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative([^\s]+)

Group 2([^\s]+)

Negated Character Class[^\s]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\sany whitespace character

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

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

^(?:\"(.+?)\"|([^\s]+)).*

New

c:\tools\foo.exe
c:\tools\foo.exe -bar
"C:\Program Files\bar.exe"
"C:\Program Files\bar.exe" -baz