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Appendix E.2 How to specify regular expressions

The following table describes how to specify regular expressions.

Table E-2 How to specify regular expressions

Specification method Description

character-string Match a line that contains the specified character string.

^character-string Match a line that begins with the specified character string.

character-string$ Match a line that ends with the specified character string.

^character-string$ Combines ^ and $ to match a line that consists only of the specified character string.

^$ Combines ^ and $ to match a null line.

. (period) Match any one character.

character* Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding * is included any number of times or no times.

.* Combines . (period) and * to match any character string.

character+ Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding + is included at least once.

character? Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding ? is included once or not at all.

regular-expression|regular-expression Match either of the regular expressions separated by the | character.

(regular-expressions) Groups regular expressions. This method is used mainly in conjunction with the | character.

character{n} Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding {n} is included n times.

character{n,} Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding {n,} is included at least n times.

character{n,m} Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding {n,m} is included at least n times but no more than m times.

[character-string] Match any of the characters in the character string specified in [ ].

[^character-string] Match any character that is not one of the characters in the character string specified in [ ].

[character-character] Match any character that is within the specified range of character codes (when sorted in ascending order).

[^character-character] Match any character that is not within the specified range of character codes (when sorted in ascending order).

\special-character Handle the specified special character as a normal character.

Specification method	Description
character-string	Match a line that contains the specified character string.
^character-string	Match a line that begins with the specified character string.
character-string$	Match a line that ends with the specified character string.
^character-string$	Combines ^ and $ to match a line that consists only of the specified character string.
^$	Combines ^ and $ to match a null line.
. (period)	Match any one character.
character*	Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding * is included any number of times or no times.
.*	Combines . (period) and * to match any character string.
character+	Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding + is included at least once.
character?	Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding ? is included once or not at all.
regular-expression\|regular-expression	Match either of the regular expressions separated by the \| character.
(regular-expressions)	Groups regular expressions. This method is used mainly in conjunction with the \| character.
character{n}	Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding {n} is included n times.
character{n,}	Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding {n,} is included at least n times.
character{n,m}	Match a character string in which the character immediately preceding {n,m} is included at least n times but no more than m times.
[character-string]	Match any of the characters in the character string specified in [ ].
[^character-string]	Match any character that is not one of the characters in the character string specified in [ ].
[character-character]	Match any character that is within the specified range of character codes (when sorted in ascending order).
[^character-character]	Match any character that is not within the specified range of character codes (when sorted in ascending order).
\special-character	Handle the specified special character as a normal character.

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