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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "(^.*?((?:[A-Za-z]+_)+[A-Z]\\w+)(?:-([0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6})-([0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}))?)"; final String string = "mixexecutor:check_atom_exists:740 - requested to check this machine : ET_colBackDDW_Temp \n\n" + "output_of_reports/PII/36478_ABP_BAL_liquidpressure-20210831-123456-20210831-172355.bat.yz\n\n" + "packofexecutors:_to_signle_que:869-no mata for file'/private/external_control_time_mapped_low_volume/IBA/54378_BD-RT_69-1-1-20200831-152355-20200831-172355.dat.xz'\n\n" + "packofexecutors:_to_signle_que:869-no mata for file'/private/external_control_time_mapped_low_volume/IBA/54378_BD-RT_69-1-20200831-152355-20200831-172355.dat.xz'\n\n" + "mixexecutor:check_atom_exists:740 - requested to check this machine : Eanes_colBack12_current\n\n" + "packofexecutors._check_tar.587-nr of missed files=78 nr of skipped records=6547 nr of records not exist=0\n\n" + "packofexecutors._filter_mistacl_signals:777 - invalid atomname for RT_6:ESmotormeaninfAmkl"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); while (matcher.find()) { System.out.println("Full match: " + matcher.group(0)); for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) { System.out.println("Group " + i + ": " + matcher.group(i)); } } } }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Java, please visit: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html