Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative(?:^>\([^()]*\):[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:\n]*$)(*SKIP)(*F)

Non-Capturing Group(?:^>\([^()]*\):[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:\n]*$)

^start of line

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^:]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^:]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^:]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^:\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

$end of line

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*F)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative^.+

^start of line

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

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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Regular Expression

(?:^>\([^()]*\):[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:\n]*$)(*SKIP)(*F)|^.+

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