NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Regular Expression Syntax
Regular Expressions
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An asterisk (*) matches zero or more of the preceding characters. For example:
Term Meaning
[0-9]*-> Matches zero or more digits followed by ->. For example, ->, 1->,
2->, 3->, 12->, 123->, and 1234->.
\$[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]* Matches a dollar sign, followed by any alphabetic character,
followed by zero or more alphanumeric characters. For example,
$a, $ASP, $SNAX01a, and $DATA.
A plus sign (+) matches one or more of the preceding characters. For example:
Term Meaning
[0-9]+-> Matches one or more digits followed by ->. For example, 1->,
200->, 234->, and 999999->.
TACL|[0-9]+> Matches TACL> or one or more digits followed by >. For
example, 1>, 200>, 234>, and 999999>.
\$[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+ Matches a dollar sign, followed by any alphabetic character,
followed by one or more alphanumeric characters. For example,
$ASP, $AS, $ASS, and $A12.
A closure operator in the following form matches a minimum and maximum
number of characters:
{ min [ , [ max ] ] }
min
specifies a number from 0 through 255. The value of min must be less
than or equal to the value of max .
max
specifies a number from 0 through 255. The value of max must be greater
than or equal to the value of min .
This matches at least min and at most max of the preceding characters. If only
min is specified, exactly min occurrences of the preceding characters are
required. If the comma (,) is included, min occurrences or more of the
preceding characters are required. (If a brace occurs in any other context, it is
treated as a normal character.) For example:
Term Meaning
A{1,5} Matches A, AA, AAA, AAAA, and AAAAA.
A{3} Matches AAA exactly.
A{3,} Matches AAA, AAAA, AAAAA, and so on.