Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

Table A-7 List of important special regex characters (continued)
Appendix: Configuration lists
Wildcard expressions
Character Description
^ Matches any single character in a bracket expression except those following the accent
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For example, regex([^a-d]) matches:
e
7
&
and others, but not:
a
b
c
d
\ (If preceding a special character:) Turns it into a normal character
For example, regex(mn\+) matches:
mn+
(If preceding some normal characters:) Matches a particular class of characters
For information on these classes, refer to the perlre man page or other documentation. The
following are examples of frequently used character classes.
For example, regex(\d) matches all digits, such as:
3
4
7
and others
regex(\w) matches all alphabetical characters, such as:
a
F
s
and others
regex(\D) matches all characters that are not digits, such as:
c
T
&
and others
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