[hobbit] PCRE expression question

[Charles Goyard]

Hi,

Galen Johnson wrote :
> 
> This works:
> 
> PORT "LOCAL=%[\.:](8611|8621|8631)$" state=LISTEN
> 
> But this doesn't...
> 
> PORT "LOCAL=%[\.:]86?1$" state=LISTEN 
> 
> I'm hoping fresh eyes will see what stupid thing I've missed...

That's because "?" matches 0 or 1 character, and applies to the 6. Try :

PORT "LOCAL=%[\.:]86[0-9]1$" state=LISTEN

(means 86 then some number, then 1, then end)

? has not the same meaning in pcre than in shell.

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