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  • All Tokens
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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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use strict; my $str = '{"category": "AzureFirewallNetworkRule", "time": "2023-03-29T20:00:53.4378840Z", "resourceId": "/SUBSCRIPTIONS/CA41E67C-1C2F-47D5-9252-402EDF21E20F/RESOURCEGROUPS/RG-PROD-CONNECTIVITY-EUS2/PROVIDERS/MICROSOFT.NETWORK/AZUREFIREWALLS/AZFW-HUB-PROD-EUS2", "operationName": "AzureFirewallNetworkRuleLog", "properties": {"msg": "ICMP Type=8 request from 10.0.2.5 to 10.252.0.133. Action: Allow. Policy: afwp-hub-prod-eus2. Rule Collection Group: global. Rule Collection: Allowed-Network-Rules. Rule: QuadToAzurePing"}} {"category": "AzureFirewallNetworkRule", "time": "2023-03-29T19:54:03.8947510Z", "resourceId": "/SUBSCRIPTIONS/CA41E67C-1C2F-47D5-9252-402EDF21E20F/RESOURCEGROUPS/RG-PROD-CONNECTIVITY-EUS2/PROVIDERS/MICROSOFT.NETWORK/AZUREFIREWALLS/AZFW-HUB-PROD-EUS2", "operationName": "AzureFirewallNetworkRuleLog", "properties": {"msg": "TCP request from 10.252.0.158:50458 to 161.49.232.168:10002. Action: Allow. Policy: afwp-hub-prod-eus2. Rule Collection Group: global. Rule Collection: Allowed-Network-Rules. Rule: AzureToQuadInternalF5"}} {"category": "AzureFirewallApplicationRule", "time": "2023-03-29T14:46:55.5760760Z", "resourceId": "/SUBSCRIPTIONS/CA41E67C-1C2F-47D5-9252-402EDF21E20F/RESOURCEGROUPS/RG-PROD-CONNECTIVITY-EUS2/PROVIDERS/MICROSOFT.NETWORK/AZUREFIREWALLS/AZFW-HUB-PROD-EUS2", "operationName": "AzureFirewallApplicationRuleLog", "properties": {"msg": "HTTPS request from 10.252.0.158:50868 to login.microsoftonline.com:443. Action: Allow. Policy: afwp-hub-prod-eus2. Rule Collection Group: global. Rule Collection: Allowed-Application-Rules. Rule: AzureAD"}} {"category": "AzureFirewallApplicationRule", "time": "2023-03-29T20:50:13.0977850Z", "resourceId": "/SUBSCRIPTIONS/CA41E67C-1C2F-47D5-9252-402EDF21E20F/RESOURCEGROUPS/RG-PROD-CONNECTIVITY-EUS2/PROVIDERS/MICROSOFT.NETWORK/AZUREFIREWALLS/AZFW-HUB-PROD-EUS2", "operationName": "AzureFirewallApplicationRuleLog", "properties": {"msg": "HTTP request from 10.252.0.158:50039 to google.com:80. Action: Deny. No rule matched. Proceeding with default action"}}'; my $regex = qr/(?:AzureFirewallNetworkRule|AzureFirewallApplicationRule).*?(?<=to\s)(?<dest>[^(?:\.\s)].*)/mp; if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) { print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n"; # print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n"; # print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n"; } # ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p' # Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}

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 Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html