Difference between revisions of "Regex regular expressions"

From Ever changing code
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 8: Line 8:
  regex like [\r\n]+ matches CRLF in Notepad ++
  regex like [\r\n]+ matches CRLF in Notepad ++


== Notetad++ ==
== Notetad++ | npp | npp++ ==
Find, replace and remove matching line. Find any occurances of <code>help</help>, ending with <code>\r?\n</code>. <code>\r</code> is optional in case the file doesn't have Windows line endings.
Find, replace and remove matching line. Find any occurances of <code>help</help>, ending with <code>\r?\n</code>. <code>\r</code> is optional in case the file doesn't have Windows line endings.
<source>
<source>
Line 14: Line 14:
Replace with:
Replace with:
</source>
</source>
=== Join 2 lines with colon ==
<source>
Find what: ^(.*)[\r\n]+
Replace with: '\1: ' #single quotes are not needed
Before:
Extensions
None
Cloud init
No
TAGS
Name
bastion-1 (All resources to be created)
After:
Extensions: None
Cloud init: No
TAGS: Name
bastion-1 (All resources to be created)
</source>
=== Resources ===
=== Resources ===
*[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5876296/regex-remove-lines-containing regex-remove-lines-containing] Stackoverflow
*[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5876296/regex-remove-lines-containing regex-remove-lines-containing] Stackoverflow

Revision as of 16:09, 14 December 2018

General expressions

+ -unlimited string
\ -escape/protect character
/[abc]+/ -matches a bb ccc

PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions

This also covers Notepad ++

regex like [\r\n]+ matches CRLF in Notepad ++

Notetad++ | npp | npp++

Find, replace and remove matching line. Find any occurances of help</help>, ending with \r?\n. \r is optional in case the file doesn't have Windows line endings.

Find what: ^help\r?\n
Replace with:

= Join 2 lines with colon

Find what: ^(.*)[\r\n]+
Replace with: '\1: ' #single quotes are not needed

Before:
Extensions
None
Cloud init
No
TAGS
Name
bastion-1 (All resources to be created)

After:
Extensions: None
Cloud init: No
TAGS: Name
bastion-1 (All resources to be created)

Resources

Websense now owned and called Forepoint

It accepts reg expresions with limited form example:

  • (.) -same as * wildcard matches any lengh of string and brackets are RegEx delimiters

References