Geeky RegEx question

[Greebo]

Geek question!!!

There has to be a better way of doing this:
^bill_file_prc1[0-9]{14}\.pgp$|^bill_file_prx[0-9]{14}\.pgp$|^bill_file_prf[0-9]{14}\.pgp$

I have 3 files I need to look for:
bill_file_prc1MMDDYYYYHHMMSS.pgp
bill_file_prfMMDDYYYYHHMMSS.pgp
bill_file_prxMMDDYYYYHHMMSS.pgp
where MMDDYYYYHHMMSS is a datetime string

Will

^bill_file_(prc1|prf|prx)[0-9]{14}\.pgp$

work instead?

 

[kevin47881]

Chuck, you don't want my help.
Hell, I couldn't even figure out how to put quotes in blue without help.
Good luck with your request as I'm lost as last years easter egg.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Geek question!!!

There has to be a better way of doing this:
^bill_file_prc1[0-9]{14}\.pgp$|^bill_file_prx[0-9]{14}\.pgp$|^bill_file_prf[0-9]{14}\.pgp$

I have 3 files I need to look for:
bill_file_prc1MMDDYYYYHHMMSS.pgp
bill_file_prfMMDDYYYYHHMMSS.pgp
bill_file_prxMMDDYYYYHHMMSS.pgp
where MMDDYYYYHHMMSS is a datetime string

Will

^bill_file_(prc1|prf|prx)[0-9]{14}\.pgp$

work instead?

Are there other files you need to exclude that are named similarly?

If not, something like ^bill_file_pr\S*$ will work.

Here's an easy way to check: http://www.fileformat.info/tool/regex.htm

 

[Greebo]

Are there other files you need to exclude that are named similarly?

Yes - thanks for the link!

 

[mikea]

Your string looks good to me. Too bad they have that 1 in there. Can't make it easy, huh?