Some note for myself to help with searching log file – ill update this as i go

Ensure Regular Expression is ticked

 

to search for 2 string on the same line i use

String1(.*)String2

Where (.*) can contain anything

 

or

(?<=String1)(.*)(?=String2)

this highlights the text between the 2 strings

 

 

search for everything than contains 2 strings, and between these 2 strings it doesn’t contain string3

((?<=String1)(.*)(?=String2))(?!.*String3*)

 

search for a line that contains X but doesn’t contain Y ( I find this more reliable )

(?<=XXXX)((?!YYYY).)*$

 

search for a line that contains X but doesn’t contain Y & Z ( I find this more reliable )

(?<=XXXX)((?!YYYY|ZZZZ).)*$

 

search for everything than contains 2 strings, and between these 2 strings it doesn’t contain string3 & string4

((?<=String1)(.*)(?=String2))((?!.*String3*)(?!.*String4*))

or to search till the end of the line

(?<=String1)(?!.*String2)(?!.*String3)

 

Starting from the start of the line, ignore all line that contain “XXXX”, but contain the words YYYY and ZZZZ
NOTE: The .* before the words, this mean’s they can come in any order.

^(?!.*XXXX)(?=.*YYYY).*(?=.*ZZZZ)

 

 

find string by ignoring the number

E.G

“This is line number 12 in the story”
This is line number (\d+) in the story