[SOLVED] How do I properly match Regular Expressions?

Issue

I have a list of objects output from ldapsearch as follows:

dn: cn=HPOTTER,ou=STUDENTS,ou=HOGWARTS,o=SCHOOL
dn: cn=HGRANGER,ou=STUDENTS,ou=HOGWARTS,o=SCHOOL
dn: cn=RWEASLEY,ou=STUDENTS,ou=HOGWARTS,o=SCHOOL
dn: cn=DMALFOY,ou=STUDENTS,ou=HOGWARTS,o=SCHOOL
dn: cn=SSNAPE,ou=FACULTY,ou=HOGWARTS,o=SCHOOL
dn: cn=ADUMBLED,ou=FACULTY,ou=HOGWARTS,o=SCHOOL

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So far, I have the following regex:

/\bcn=\w*,/g

Which returns results like this:

cn=HPOTTER,
cn=HGRANGER,
cn=RWEASLEY,
cn=DMALFOY,
cn=SSNAPE,
cn=ADUMBLED,

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I need a regex that returns results like this:

HPOTTER
HGRANGER
RWEASLEY
DMALFOY
SSNAPE
ADUMBLED

What do I need to change in my regex so the pattern (the cn= and the comma) is not included in the results?

EDIT: I will be using sed to do the pattern matching, and piping the output to other command line utilities.

Solution

Sounds more like a simple parsing problem and not regex. An ANTLR grammar would sort this out in no time.

Answered By - duffymo

Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (WPSolving Admin)