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A regular expression (shortened as regex or regexp also referred to as regular expression) is a sequence of characters that specifies a search pattern.

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Web Utility labs

Jun 19

Why Everyone Thinks Regex Is Impossible (But It's Really Not)

#beginners #regex #javascript #coding

5 min read

Shelner

Jun 27

What is a Regular Expression?

#regex

1 min read

Jun 3

xcut: A Flexible CLI Tool for Extracting and Filtering Text Columns

#rust #cli #regex #cut

2 min read

Jun 30

Introducing "Playing with Search" Series

#mongodb #atlas #search #regex

2 min read

Alexand

May 15

Mastering Regular Expressions in Linux: A Simple Guide for Beginners

#cloudwhistler #linux #regex #devops

3 min read

May 10

I built a macOS batch file renamer for devs – here’s why

#productivity #regex #javascript #swift

1 min read

Vidushi Agrawal

May 7

Regular Expression

#javascript #regex

3 min read

Martin

Jun 16

Finding all <MyComponent ... someProp=...> via vscode fulltextsearch

#vscode #regex #lifehack #short

1 min read

Dash One

May 21

The Easiest String Parsing in Java

#java #parse #regex #string

4 min read

OLUWADAMILOLA FASHINA

May 17

Stop Opening Files Just to Count Stuff: Let wc Do It for You

#cloudwhistler #linux #opensource #regex

4 min read

OLUWADAMILOLA FASHINA

May 16

Keep Your Eyes on the End: Using the tail Command for Real-Time File Monitoring

#cloudwhistler #linux #opensource #regex

5 min read

OLUWADAMILOLA FASHINA

May 16

head Command: How to Preview File Content Without Opening the Whole Thing

#cloudwhistler #linux #opensource #regex

3 min read

OLUWADAMILOLA FASHINA

May 14

Own Your System: Using the find Command for File Ownership, Backup & System Control

#cloudwhistler #linux #opensource #regex

4 min read

OLUWADAMILOLA FASHINA

May 14

Tired of Wasting Time Searching Files in Linux? Learn to Use the find Command Like an Engineer Who Gets Things Done

#cloudwhistler #linux #opensource #regex

4 min read

OLUWADAMILOLA FASHINA

May 13

Debug Smarter: How grep Helps Engineers Fix Issues Fast and Stand Out (Part 3)

#cloudwhistler #linux #opensource #regex

4 min read

OLUWADAMILOLA FASHINA

May 12

Debug Smarter: How grep Helps Engineers Fix Issues Fast and Stand Out (Part 2)

#cloudwhistler #opensource #linux #regex

4 min read

OLUWADAMILOLA FASHINA

May 12

Debug Smarter: How grep Helps Engineers Fix Issues Fast and Stand Out (Part 1)

#cloudwhistler #linux #regex #opensource

4 min read

HexShift

May 12

Building a Rust CLI Tool to Search Through Files

#rust #cli #regex #opensource

3 min read

OLUWADAMILOLA FASHINA

May 11

Regular Expressions in Linux: Your Real-Life Cheat Code for Smarter Search & Faster Troubleshooting

#cloudwhistler #linux #opensource #regex

4 min read

MrRobot

Mar 26

Meme 26-3-2025

#programming #javascript #regex

1 min read

Aleksei Aleinikov

Mar 21

🌀 Regex Trick: Simulating a "Loop" Without Lookaheads or Scripting

#regex #python #programming #webdev

1 min read

Piotr Przeklasa

Mar 19

How to remove dashes only from the line in RegExp?

#regex

1 min read

Monkala

Apr 20

I made a text filtering tool!

#webdev #programming #regex #beginners

1 min read

Mar 16

Using regex named capture groups to process lines in a CSV file in ruby.

#ruby #regex

1 min read

Apr 9

How to deal with regex? An extremely concise and definitive AI workflow.

#ai #regex #llm

6 min read

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