^start of string
Negated Character Class[^\/]* *matches any number of characters outside the set below:
\/the literal / (4710 / 578 / 2F16)
examplethe literal text example (case sensitive) \.the literal . (4610 / 568 / 2E16)
comthe literal text com (case sensitive) \/the literal / (4710 / 578 / 2F16)
foobarthe literal text foobar (case sensitive) .*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times
$end of string, or before its final line terminator
g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first