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(address=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+) (mac-address=[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}) .*(host-name=.*)
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1st Capturing Group
(address=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)
address=
matches the characters address= literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[0-9]
+ matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
\. matches the character . with index 4610 (2E16 or 568) literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[0-9]
+ matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
\. matches the character . with index 4610 (2E16 or 568) literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[0-9]
+ matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
\. matches the character . with index 4610 (2E16 or 568) literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[0-9]
+ matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
matches the character with index 3210 (2016 or 408) literally (case sensitive)
2nd Capturing Group
(mac-address=[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2})
mac-address=
matches the characters mac-address= literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[0-9A-F]
{2} matches the previous token exactly 2 times
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
A-F matches a single character in the range between A (index 65) and F (index 70) (case sensitive)
: matches the character : with index 5810 (3A16 or 728) literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[0-9A-F]
{2} matches the previous token exactly 2 times
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
A-F matches a single character in the range between A (index 65) and F (index 70) (case sensitive)
: matches the character : with index 5810 (3A16 or 728) literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[0-9A-F]
{2} matches the previous token exactly 2 times
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
A-F matches a single character in the range between A (index 65) and F (index 70) (case sensitive)
: matches the character : with index 5810 (3A16 or 728) literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[0-9A-F]
{2} matches the previous token exactly 2 times
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
A-F matches a single character in the range between A (index 65) and F (index 70) (case sensitive)
: matches the character : with index 5810 (3A16 or 728) literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[0-9A-F]
{2} matches the previous token exactly 2 times
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
A-F matches a single character in the range between A (index 65) and F (index 70) (case sensitive)
: matches the character : with index 5810 (3A16 or 728) literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[0-9A-F]
{2} matches the previous token exactly 2 times
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
A-F matches a single character in the range between A (index 65) and F (index 70) (case sensitive)
matches the character with index 3210 (2016 or 408) literally (case sensitive)
.
matches any character (except for line terminators)
* matches the previous token between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
3rd Capturing Group
(host-name=.*)
host-name=
matches the characters host-name= literally (case sensitive)
.
matches any character (except for line terminators)
* matches the previous token between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
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