Understanding Regular Expressions, Special Characters, And Patterns; Contents; Regular Expressions - Cisco XR 12000 Series Getting Started Manual

Understanding Regular Expressions, Special
Characters, and Patterns
This appendix describes the regular expressions, special or wildcard characters, and patterns that can be
used with filters to search through command output. The filter commands are described in the
show Command

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Regular Expressions

A regular expression is a pattern (a phrase, number, or more complex pattern).
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A regular expression can be a single-character pattern or multiple-character pattern. It can be a single
character that matches the same single character in the command output or multiple characters that
match the same multiple characters in the command output. The pattern in the command output is
referred to as a string.
The simplest regular expression is a single character that matches the same single character in the
command output. Letters (A to Z and a to z), digits (0 to 9), and other keyboard characters
(such as ! or ~) can be used as a single-character pattern.
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Regular Expressions, page A-137
Special Characters, page A-138
Character Pattern Ranges, page A-138
Multiple-Character Patterns, page A-139
Complex Regular Expressions Using Multipliers, page A-139
Pattern Alternation, page A-140
Anchor Characters, page A-140
Underscore Wildcard, page A-140
Parentheses Used for Pattern Recall, page A-141
Regular expressions are case sensitive and allow for complex matching requirements. Simple
regular expressions include entries like Serial, misses, or 138.
Complex regular expressions include entries like 00210... , ( is ), or [Oo]utput.
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