HP 5130 EI series Configuration Manual page 18

Characters Meaning
Matches the preceding character n to
m times or more. The numbers n and m
{n,m}
must be nonnegative integers and n
cannot be greater than m.
Matches a string that starts with the
pattern following \<. A string that
\< contains the pattern is also a match if
the characters preceding the pattern
are not digits, letters, or underscores.
Matches a string that ends with the
pattern preceding \>. A string that
\> contains the pattern is also a match if
the characters following the pattern
are not digits, letters, or underscores.
Matches a word that starts with the
\b pattern following \b or ends with the
pattern preceding \b.
Matches a word that contains the
\B pattern but does not start or end with
the pattern.
Same as [A-Za-z0-9_], matches a
\w
digit, letter, or underscore.
Same as [^A-Za-z0-9_], matches a
\W character that is not a digit, letter, or
underscore.
Escape character. If a special
character listed in this table follows \,
\
the specific meaning of the character
is removed.
For example:
# Use | begin line for the display current-configuration command to match the first line of output that
contains line to the last line of output.
<Sysname> display current-configuration | begin line
line class aux
user-role network-admin
#
line class vty
user-role network-operator
#
line aux 0
user-role network-admin
#
line vty 0 63
authentication-mode scheme
user-role network-operator
#
Examples
" o{1,3}" matches "fod", "food", and "foooood",
but not "fd".
"\<do" matches "domain" and "doa".
"do\>" matches "undo" and "cdo".
"er\b" matches "never", but not "verb" or "erase".
"\ber" matches "erase", but not "verb" or "never".
"er\B" matches "verb", but not "never" or "erase".
"v\w" matches "vlan" and "service".
"\Wa" matches "-a", but not "2a" or "ba".
"\\" matches a string containing "\", "\^"
matches a string containing "^", and "\\b"
matches a string containing "\b".
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