regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

^start of line

Character Class[A-Z0-9]{8}

{8}matches exactly 8 characters from the set below:

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

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[A-Z0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

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

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[A-Z0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

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

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[A-Z0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

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

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[A-Z0-9]{12}

{12}matches exactly 12 characters from the set below:

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

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Character Class[.]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

pdfthe literal text pdf (case insensitive)

$end of line

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

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^[A-Z0-9]{8}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{12}[.]pdf$

New

5b7f991f-0726-4dd5-856e-7cea820f02c5.pdf
138bcee6-db7f-47a7-97bf-69c0b3989698.pdf
e988315b-ade7-48e5-9733-35bb59a3c28d.pdf

8 alphanumeric chars, -, 4 alphanumeric chars, -, 4 alphanumeric chars, -, 4 alphanumeric chars, -, 12 alphanumeric chars + .pdf.

Extraction

5b7f991f-0726-4dd5-856e-7cea820f02c5.pdf
138bcee6-db7f-47a7-97bf-69c0b3989698.pdf
e988315b-ade7-48e5-9733-35bb59a3c28d.pdf

8 alphanumeric chars, -, 4 alphanumeric chars, -, 4 alphanumeric chars, -, 4 alphanumeric chars, -, 12 alphanumeric chars + .pdf.