regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

1st Alternative\d{1,}[ ][A-Z][a-z]{2}[ ](?:\d{4}[ ]\d{2}[:]\d{2}|\d{2}[:]\d{2})[\s\S]*?(?:(?!\n\n)[\s\S])*?(?=\n\d{1,}[ ])

\d{1,}a digit, repeated at least once

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[A-Z]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\d{4}[ ]\d{2}[:]\d{2}|\d{2}[:]\d{2})

1st Alternative\d{4}[ ]\d{2}[:]\d{2}

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

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

Character Class[:]

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

2nd Alternative\d{2}[:]\d{2}

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

Character Class[:]

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

Character Class[\s\S]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!\n\n)[\s\S])*?

*?repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negative Lookahead(?!\n\n)

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

Character Class[\s\S]

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

Positive Lookahead(?=\n\d{1,}[ ])

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

\d{1,}a digit, repeated at least once

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

2nd Alternative\d{1,}[ ][A-Z][a-z]{2}[ ](?:\d{4}[ ]\d{2}[:]\d{2}|\d{2}[:]\d{2}).*

\d{1,}a digit, repeated at least once

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[A-Z]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\d{4}[ ]\d{2}[:]\d{2}|\d{2}[:]\d{2})

1st Alternative\d{4}[ ]\d{2}[:]\d{2}

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

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

Character Class[:]

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

2nd Alternative\d{2}[:]\d{2}

.*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

Search reference

Regular Expression

\d{1,}[ ][A-Z][a-z]{2}[ ](?:\d{4}[ ]\d{2}[:]\d{2}|\d{2}[:]\d{2})[\s\S]*?(?:(?!\n\n)[\s\S])*?(?=\n\d{1,}[ ])|\d{1,}[ ][A-Z][a-z]{2}[ ](?:\d{4}[ ]\d{2}[:]\d{2}|\d{2}[:]\d{2}).*

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with new line
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