Need regex help

White_Magic · Post by **White_Magic** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:09 pm

hi, i need help with a regex. i thought the one i had would ahve worked but it didnt,

/spamfilter add cpPnNq block - - *CRAZY*GALS* + *OCT*10TH* +

the regex set fine, but it didnt block what i wanted it too..

CRAZY^GALS FATHER COMMITED SUICIDE BY SHOOTING HIMSELF IN THE HEAD WITH A 22 ON OCT 10TH BLEW HIS HEAD OFF ACCORDING TO HER AND WAS CREAMATED IN AN I\OPEN CASKET ..BUT SHE doesn't WANT ANY ONE TO KNOW HER PERSONAL BUSINESS SO SHE ONLY TELLS THE IRC

any ideas please?

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:20 pm

You shouldn't use the "*" character in a regex. It does something other than what you think it does. Try this:

This will look for (in lamers terms) "*CRAZY^GALS FATHER*22*OCT*10TH*"

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CRAZY\^GALS FATHER.+22.+OCT.+10TH

If you want it to match "CRAZY^GALS FATHER*22*OCT*10TH*"

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^CRAZY\^GALS FATHER.+22.+OCT.+10TH

I suggest you find a regex tutorial and read some

White_Magic · Post by **White_Magic** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:49 pm

um thanks for the help but i know the difference between * and regex *, ive already read on regexs and perl regexs, i just ahvent had practise putting them into action

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:53 pm

Well, a tip for the future: "*" == bad; ".+" == good. unless you want to have something match "something" and "some thing", then use some*thing (since "*" is one or nothing or something like that).

White_Magic · Post by **White_Magic** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:59 pm

I know secureserv uses perl regex, unreal doesnt use the same does it?

Dukat · Post by **Dukat** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:03 pm

Unreal uses Posix regex...

You should probably read the docs...
http://www.vulnscan.org/UnrealIRCd/unre ... html#regex

codemastr · Post by **codemastr** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:53 pm

Stealth wrote:Well, a tip for the future: "*" == bad; ".+" == good. unless you want to have something match "something" and "some thing", then use some*thing (since "*" is one or nothing or something like that).

That is 100% wrong. First off, it's not "one or nothing" it's "zero or more" (it'll match 5 million characters if that's what it sees). Secondly, it doesn't work how you describe. "some*thing" matches "something" "somthing" "someething" etc. You're saying "match 0 or more 'e'" To match 0 or more of any character, you use .* and, .* IS the equivilent of the * in a wildcard, where as .+ is NOT. So if you have a wildcard of "ab*cd" the correct regex is "ab.*cd" NOT "ab.+cd".

McTerry · Post by **McTerry** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:53 pm

I really, REALLY need to start learning regex'es.

White_Magic · Post by **White_Magic** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:37 am

the target 'u'
does the ! or @ and : need any kind of escaping?

-> spamfilter add u gzline - - .*[xP].*!.*@.*:.*

aquanight · Post by **aquanight** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:48 pm