Issue
I'm trying to make what I'm able to match in Notepad++ using Regular Expression, have the ability to be grepped. I want to match email:32characters(a-f0-9):3characters(ANYCHARACTER/SYMBOL)
Here's an example:
[email protected]:999999999999999999999999999999a1:&U,
So far I've been able to match using regex using:
[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}:[a-f0-9]{32}:
But i'm unsure on how to match the last 3 characters (WHICH CAN BE ANYTHING).
Furthermore, when trying to:
grep "[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}:[a-f0-9]{32}:" input.txt > output.txt
Nothing is being outputted to my file which seems strange to me. I am using Cygwin Terminal on Windows to perform these greps.
Solution
Use grep -E or egrep if that is available in your environment.
-E, --extended-regexp
Interpret pattern as an extended regular expression (i.e. force grep to behave as egrep).
Answered By - Matt Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)