NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Regular Expression Syntax
Regular Expressions
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Regular Expression
Syntax
To NonStop NET/MASTER MS, a regular expression in the Matching this pattern field
on Page 1 of the UMS : Utility Details panel has the following syntax:
regular-expression = [ bol-anchor ]
{ { term | ( term [ | term ] … ) }
[ closure-operator ] } …
[ eol-anchor ]
term :
character(s)
character-class
metacharacter
regular-expression
specifies a regular expression.
bol-anchor
specifies an operator—the circumflex (^)—that anchors the term that follows it
at the beginning of a line. There is no match if a prompt has characters that
precede the circumflex. For example:
Term Matches
^> Matches a greater than sign at the beginning of a prompt.
^\$ Matches a dollar sign at the beginning of a prompt.
^TACL Matches TACL at the beginning of a prompt.
term
specifies a term in a regular expression.
character(s)
specifies one or more characters, other than those that have a special
meaning in a regular expression.
Specifying a single character or multiple characters, with no regular
expression character(s), matches the single or multiple characters. For
example:
Term Meaning
A Matches A.
a Matches a.
ABCD Matches ABCD.