regex101: Movies title extractor

^start of line

Negative Lookahead(?!\d\d?[ex]\d\d?)

\da digit

\d?optionally matches a digit

Character Class[ex]

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case insensitive)

xthe literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case insensitive)

\da digit

\d?optionally matches a digit

Non-Capturing Group(?:\[(?:[-\w\s]+)*\] )?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[-\w\s]+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[-\w\s]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\wany word character

\sany whitespace character

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 1(.*?)

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

Character Class[-_. ]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[\{\(\[]?(?:dvdrip|[-._\b]ita|[-._\b]eng|xvid| cd\d|dvdscr|\w{1,5}rip|divx|\d+p|\d{4}).*?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[\{\(\[]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:dvdrip|[-._\b]ita|[-._\b]eng|xvid| cd\d|dvdscr|\w{1,5}rip|divx|\d+p|\d{4})

1st Alternativedvdrip

dvdripthe literal text dvdrip (case insensitive)

2nd Alternative[-._\b]ita

Character Class[-._\b]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

\ba backspace character (ASCII 8)

itathe literal text ita (case insensitive)

3rd Alternative[-._\b]eng

Character Class[-._\b]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

\ba backspace character (ASCII 8)

engthe literal text eng (case insensitive)

4th Alternativexvid

xvidthe literal text xvid (case insensitive)

5th Alternative cd\d

cdthe literal text cd (case insensitive)

\da digit

6th Alternativedvdscr

dvdscrthe literal text dvdscr (case insensitive)

7th Alternative\w{1,5}rip

\w{1,5}any word character, repeated between 1 and 5 times

ripthe literal text rip (case insensitive)

8th Alternativedivx

divxthe literal text divx (case insensitive)

9th Alternative\d+p

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

pthe literal p (112₁₀ / 160₈ / 70₁₆) (case insensitive)

10th Alternative\d{4}

\d{4}a digit, repeated exactly 4 times

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

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 2([\w]{2,3})

Character Class[\w]{2,3}

{2,3}matches between 2 and 3 characters from the set below:

\wany word character

$end of line

Global pattern flags

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(?!\d\d?[ex]\d\d?)(?:\[(?:[-\w\s]+)*\] )?(.*?)[-_. ]?(?:[\{\(\[]?(?:dvdrip|[-._\b]ita|[-._\b]eng|xvid| cd\d|dvdscr|\w{1,5}rip|divx|\d+p|\d{4}).*?)?\.([\w]{2,3})$

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