TestRegEx

List of commands

Description

TestRegEx is a tool that allows you to test a regular expression.

Regular Expressions

Regular expressions (RegEx) are a sequence of characters that define a search pattern.

Pattern for regular expressions

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

Syntax

The global syntax for TestRegEx is:

mm3d TestRegEx Pattern NamedArgs

Help

You can access to the help by typing :

mm3d TestRegEx -help

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Mandatory unnamed args :
  * string :: {Pattern of files}
Named args :
  * [Name=DispPat] bool :: {Display Pattern to use in cmd line ; Def=false}
  * [Name=ExpList] string :: {Export list image in text file ; Def=false}

Example

Let the following set of images :

IMG_4167.JPG
IMG_4168.JPG
IMG_4169.JPG
IMG_4170.JPG
IMG_4171.JPG
IMG_4172.JPG
IMG_4173.JPG
IMG_4174.JPG
IMG_4175.JPG
IMG_4176.JPG
IMG_4177.JPG
IMG_4178.JPG
IMG_4179.JPG
IMG_4180.JPG

If you want to select only images IMG_4170.JPG, IMG_4171.JPG and IMG_4172.JPG, you can type:

"IMG_417[0-2].JPG"

If you want to select all the images, you can type:

".*JPG"