Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Negative Lookahead(?!.*\\\d{8}\|$)

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

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\d{8}a Unicode decimal digit, repeated exactly 8 times

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

$end of line

Group file_path(?P<file_path>.*)

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

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

Group suffix(?P<suffix>.*)

.*any Unicode 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

^(?!.*\\\d{8}\|$)(?P<file_path>.*)\|(?P<suffix>.*)

New

C:\Photos\Selfies\1|
C:\HDPhotos\Landscapes\2|
C:\Filters\Pics\12345678|
C:\Filters\Pics2\00000000|
C:\Filters\Pics2\00000000|XAV7