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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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/
/
gm

Test String

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Generated Code

#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?m)[^[:print:]]\[[^a-zA-Z]*[a-zA-Z]" Local $sString = "[BEGIN TYPESCRIPT]" & @CRLF & _ "Linux dcim-mao 4.19.0-20-cloud-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.235-1 (2022-03-17) x86_64" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;" & @CRLF & _ "the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the" & @CRLF & _ "individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent" & @CRLF & _ "permitted by applicable law." & @CRLF & _ "Last login: Mon Jul 10 08:00:55 2023 from 172.17.0.2" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "[?2004hroot@dcim-mao:~# cd" & @CRLF & _ "[?2004l" & @CRLF & _ "[?2004hroot@dcim-mao:~# ls" & @CRLF & _ "[?2004l" & @CRLF & _ "[?2004hroot@dcim-mao:~# cd /" & @CRLF & _ "[?2004l" & @CRLF & _ "[?2004hroot@dcim-mao:/# ls" & @CRLF & _ "[?2004l" & @CRLF & _ "app etc media public srv usr" & @CRLF & _ "bin home mnt root supervisor.conf var" & @CRLF & _ "boot lib opt run sys" & @CRLF & _ "dev lib64 proc sbin tmp" & @CRLF & _ "[?2004hroot@dcim-mao:/# " & @CRLF & _ "[END TYPESCRIPT]" Local $aArray = StringRegExp($sString, $sRegex, $STR_REGEXPARRAYGLOBALFULLMATCH) Local $aFullArray[0] For $i = 0 To UBound($aArray) -1 _ArrayConcatenate($aFullArray, $aArray[$i]) Next $aArray = $aFullArray ; Present the entire match result _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Result")

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for AutoIt, please visit: https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/StringRegExp.htm