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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
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • 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

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re = /^t=(?<longtime>[^ ]+)\s*lvl=(?<loglevel>[^ ]+)\s*msg=(?<msg>(?:"[^"]+"|[^ ]+))\s*logger=(?<logger>[^ ]+)\s*(?:addresses=(?<email>(?:"\[[^"]+\]"|[^ ]+)))?(?:userId=(?<userID>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:orgId=(?<orgID>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:uname=(?<uname>[^ ]+|[??]*))?\s*(?:method=(?<method>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:path=(?<path>(?:"[^"]+"|[^ ]+)))?\s*(?:ruleId=(?<ruleID>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:name=(?<name>(?:"[^"]+"|[^ ]+)))?\s*(?:error=(?<error>(?:"[^"]+"|[^ ]+)))?\s*(?:changing state to=(?<ChStateTo>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:status=(?<status>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:remote_addr=(?<remote_addr>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:time_ms=(?<time_ms>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:size=(?<size>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:referer=(?<referer>(?:"[^"]+"|[^ ]+)|[??]*))?\s*(?:alertId=(?<alertID>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:newState=(?<NewState>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:prev state=(?<prevState>[^ ]+))?\s*(?:url=(?<url>[^ ]+))?$/m str = 't=2019-07-30T07:22:35+0300 lvl=eror msg="Alert Rule Result Error" logger=alerting.evalContext ruleId=22 name="Выдача сломалась!" error="Alert execution exceeded the timeout" changing state to=alerting t=2019-07-30T07:22:39+0300 lvl=info msg="New state change" logger=alerting.resultHandler alertId=48 newState=alerting prev state=ok t=2019-07-30T07:22:39+0300 lvl=info msg="uploaded screenshot of alert to external image store" logger=alerting.notifier url=http://10.233.60.59:8080/grafana/TylgxQWG4Aiq6kmlSrM4.png t=2019-07-30T07:22:39+0300 lvl=info msg="uploaded screenshot of alert to external image store" logger=alerting.notifier url=http://10.233.60.59:8080/grafana/lsfc738fTMkR034AZM2j.png t=2019-07-30T07:22:39+0300 lvl=info msg="Sending webhook" logger=alerting.notifier.webhook t=2019-07-30T07:22:39+0300 lvl=info msg="Sending webhook" logger=alerting.notifier.webhook t=2019-07-30T07:22:40+0300 lvl=eror msg="Alert Rule Result Error" logger=alerting.evalContext ruleId=89 name=Вход.Формы.Статусы error="Alert execution exceeded the timeout" changing state to=alerting t=2019-07-30T07:22:40+0300 lvl=info msg="New state change" logger=alerting.resultHandler alertId=89 newState=alerting prev state=ok t=2019-07-30T07:22:40+0300 lvl=eror msg="Alert Rule Result Error" logger=alerting.evalContext ruleId=88 name="Exception State alert" error="Alert execution exceeded the timeout" changing state to=alerting t=2019-07-30T07:22:40+0300 lvl=info msg="uploaded screenshot of alert to external image store" logger=alerting.notifier url=http://10.233.60.59:8080/grafana/tQeLMXFNBU6y6USKOe5E.png t=2019-07-30T07:22:40+0300 lvl=info msg="Sending webhook" logger=alerting.notifier.webhook t=2019-07-30T07:22:42+0300 lvl=eror msg="Alert Rule Result Error" logger=alerting.evalContext ruleId=21 name="HermesApiErrors alert" error="Alert execution exceeded the timeout" changing state to=alerting t=2019-07-30T07:22:42+0300 lvl=eror msg="Alert Rule Result Error" logger=alerting.evalContext ruleId=26 name="Генерация отчетов на Jasper alert" error="Alert execution exceeded the timeout" changing state to=keep_state t=2019-07-30T07:22:45+0300 lvl=eror msg="Alert Rule Result Error" logger=alerting.evalContext ruleId=32 name="СРВО. Фоновые задачи" error="Alert execution exceeded the timeout" changing state to=alerting t=2019-07-30T07:22:45+0300 lvl=info msg="New state change" logger=alerting.resultHandler alertId=32 newState=alerting prev state=ok t=2019-07-30T07:22:45+0300 lvl=info msg="uploaded screenshot of alert to external image store" logger=alerting.notifier url=http://10.233.60.59:8080/grafana/yZzqi4QmGCvSbYraq3UC.png t=2019-07-30T07:22:45+0300 lvl=info msg="Sending webhook" logger=alerting.notifier.webhook t=2019-07-30T07:22:45+0300 lvl=info msg="Sending alert notification to" logger=alerting.notifier.email addresses="[Andrey.Kudashkin@russianpost.ru Arkhipov.Alexander@russianpost.ru szhogin@luxoft.com OPodus@luxoft.com]" t=2019-07-30T07:22:47+0300 lvl=eror msg="Alert Rule Result Error" logger=alerting.evalContext ruleId=135 name="pochtaid-sso alert" error="Alert execution exceeded the timeout" changing state to=alerting t=2019-07-30T07:22:47+0300 lvl=info msg="New state change" logger=alerting.resultHandler alertId=135 newState=alerting prev state=ok t=2019-07-30T07:22:47+0300 lvl=eror msg="Alert Rule Result Error" logger=alerting.evalContext ruleId=90 name="Профиль. Статус" error="Alert execution exceeded the timeout" changing state to=alerting t=2019-07-30T07:22:47+0300 lvl=info msg="New state change" logger=alerting.resultHandler alertId=90 newState=alerting prev state=ok t=2019-07-30T07:22:47+0300 lvl=eror msg="Alert Rule Result Error" logger=alerting.evalContext ruleId=136 name="Normalization alert" error="Alert execution exceeded the timeout" changing state to=alerting t=2019-07-30T07:22:47+0300 lvl=info msg="New state change" logger=alerting.resultHandler alertId=136 newState=alerting prev state=ok t=2019-07-30T07:22:47+0300 lvl=info msg="uploaded screenshot of alert to external image store" logger=alerting.notifier url=http://10.233.60.59:8080/grafana/qXR85haxAmRX5g1vqrmT.png t=2019-07-30T07:22:47+0300 lvl=info msg="uploaded screenshot of alert to external image store" logger=alerting.notifier url=http://10.233.60.59:8080/grafana/dOfYePDh7n3oreQhaRCR.png t=2019-07-30T07:22:47+0300 lvl=info msg="Sending webhook" logger=alerting.notifier.webhook t=2019-07-30T07:22:47+0300 lvl=info msg="uploaded screenshot of alert to external image store" logger=alerting.notifier url=http://10.233.60.59:8080/grafana/4eIoX3qCRuF16DoXNbRU.png ' # Print the match result str.scan(re) do |match| puts match.to_s end

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 Ruby, please visit: http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/Regexp.html