A regular expression (shortened as regex or regexp;[1] also referred to as rational expression)[2][3] is a sequence of characters that define a search pattern. Usually such patterns are used by string-searching algorithms for "find" or "find and replace" operations on strings, or for input validation. It is a technique developed in theoretical computer science and formal language theory.
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For example, format IPs for configure address commands in fortigate :
(\d{1,3}).(\d{1,3}).(\d{1,3}).(\d{1,3})(/\d{2})