Pattern Matching (Regular Expressions)

 

In addition to simple pattern matching FlashFXP also supports the use of regular expressions (PCRE).

 

A regular expression is a pattern consisting of a combination of alphanumeric characters and special characters known as meta-characters.

 

There are several different regular expression engines, each flavor uses its own specific set of rules and syntax.

FlashFXP uses the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions engine (PCRE).

 

To use a regular expression in place of a wildcard the pattern is prefixed with rx:

 

For example the wildcard pattern *.html would match all files that end with .html, To do the same with a regular expression the pattern would be rx: .*\.html$

 

Additional regular expression examples

 

Regular expression cheat sheet