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If there is any nonsense in it, please consult the -man page, in case the conversion went wrong. -<br> -<ul> -<li><a name="TOC1" href="#SEC1">SYNOPSIS</a> -<li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">OPTIONS</a> -<li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">DESCRIPTION</a> -<li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">PATTERN MODIFIERS</a> -<li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">DATA LINES</a> -<li><a name="TOC6" href="#SEC6">OUTPUT FROM PCRETEST</a> -<li><a name="TOC7" href="#SEC7">CALLOUTS</a> -<li><a name="TOC8" href="#SEC8">SAVING AND RELOADING COMPILED PATTERNS</a> -<li><a name="TOC9" href="#SEC9">AUTHOR</a> -</ul> -<br><a name="SEC1" href="#TOC1">SYNOPSIS</a><br> -<P> -<b>pcretest [-C] [-d] [-i] [-m] [-o osize] [-p] [-t] [source]</b> -<b>[destination]</b> -</P> -<P> -<b>pcretest</b> was written as a test program for the PCRE regular expression -library itself, but it can also be used for experimenting with regular -expressions. This document describes the features of the test program; for -details of the regular expressions themselves, see the -<a href="pcrepattern.html"><b>pcrepattern</b></a> -documentation. For details of the PCRE library function calls and their -options, see the -<a href="pcreapi.html"><b>pcreapi</b></a> -documentation. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">OPTIONS</a><br> -<P> -<b>-C</b> -Output the version number of the PCRE library, and all available information -about the optional features that are included, and then exit. -</P> -<P> -<b>-d</b> -Behave as if each regex had the <b>/D</b> (debug) modifier; the internal -form is output after compilation. -</P> -<P> -<b>-i</b> -Behave as if each regex had the <b>/I</b> modifier; information about the -compiled pattern is given after compilation. -</P> -<P> -<b>-m</b> -Output the size of each compiled pattern after it has been compiled. This is -equivalent to adding <b>/M</b> to each regular expression. For compatibility -with earlier versions of pcretest, <b>-s</b> is a synonym for <b>-m</b>. -</P> -<P> -<b>-o</b> <i>osize</i> -Set the number of elements in the output vector that is used when calling -<b>pcre_exec()</b> to be <i>osize</i>. The default value is 45, which is enough -for 14 capturing subexpressions. The vector size can be changed for individual -matching calls by including \O in the data line (see below). -</P> -<P> -<b>-p</b> -Behave as if each regex has <b>/P</b> modifier; the POSIX wrapper API is used -to call PCRE. None of the other options has any effect when <b>-p</b> is set. -</P> -<P> -<b>-t</b> -Run each compile, study, and match many times with a timer, and output -resulting time per compile or match (in milliseconds). Do not set <b>-m</b> with -<b>-t</b>, because you will then get the size output a zillion times, and the -timing will be distorted. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC3" href="#TOC1">DESCRIPTION</a><br> -<P> -If <b>pcretest</b> is given two filename arguments, it reads from the first and -writes to the second. If it is given only one filename argument, it reads from -that file and writes to stdout. Otherwise, it reads from stdin and writes to -stdout, and prompts for each line of input, using "re>" to prompt for regular -expressions, and "data>" to prompt for data lines. -</P> -<P> -The program handles any number of sets of input on a single input file. Each -set starts with a regular expression, and continues with any number of data -lines to be matched against the pattern. -</P> -<P> -Each data line is matched separately and independently. If you want to do -multiple-line matches, you have to use the \n escape sequence in a single line -of input to encode the newline characters. The maximum length of data line is -30,000 characters. -</P> -<P> -An empty line signals the end of the data lines, at which point a new regular -expression is read. The regular expressions are given enclosed in any -non-alphanumeric delimiters other than backslash, for example -<pre> - /(a|bc)x+yz/ -</pre> -White space before the initial delimiter is ignored. A regular expression may -be continued over several input lines, in which case the newline characters are -included within it. It is possible to include the delimiter within the pattern -by escaping it, for example -<pre> - /abc\/def/ -</pre> -If you do so, the escape and the delimiter form part of the pattern, but since -delimiters are always non-alphanumeric, this does not affect its interpretation. -If the terminating delimiter is immediately followed by a backslash, for -example, -<pre> - /abc/\ -</pre> -then a backslash is added to the end of the pattern. This is done to provide a -way of testing the error condition that arises if a pattern finishes with a -backslash, because -<pre> - /abc\/ -</pre> -is interpreted as the first line of a pattern that starts with "abc/", causing -pcretest to read the next line as a continuation of the regular expression. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">PATTERN MODIFIERS</a><br> -<P> -A pattern may be followed by any number of modifiers, which are mostly single -characters. Following Perl usage, these are referred to below as, for example, -"the <b>/i</b> modifier", even though the delimiter of the pattern need not -always be a slash, and no slash is used when writing modifiers. Whitespace may -appear between the final pattern delimiter and the first modifier, and between -the modifiers themselves. -</P> -<P> -The <b>/i</b>, <b>/m</b>, <b>/s</b>, and <b>/x</b> modifiers set the PCRE_CASELESS, -PCRE_MULTILINE, PCRE_DOTALL, or PCRE_EXTENDED options, respectively, when -<b>pcre_compile()</b> is called. These four modifier letters have the same -effect as they do in Perl. For example: -<pre> - /caseless/i -</pre> -The following table shows additional modifiers for setting PCRE options that do -not correspond to anything in Perl: -<pre> - <b>/A</b> PCRE_ANCHORED - <b>/C</b> PCRE_AUTO_CALLOUT - <b>/E</b> PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY - <b>/N</b> PCRE_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE - <b>/U</b> PCRE_UNGREEDY - <b>/X</b> PCRE_EXTRA -</pre> -Searching for all possible matches within each subject string can be requested -by the <b>/g</b> or <b>/G</b> modifier. After finding a match, PCRE is called -again to search the remainder of the subject string. The difference between -<b>/g</b> and <b>/G</b> is that the former uses the <i>startoffset</i> argument to -<b>pcre_exec()</b> to start searching at a new point within the entire string -(which is in effect what Perl does), whereas the latter passes over a shortened -substring. This makes a difference to the matching process if the pattern -begins with a lookbehind assertion (including \b or \B). -</P> -<P> -If any call to <b>pcre_exec()</b> in a <b>/g</b> or <b>/G</b> sequence matches an -empty string, the next call is done with the PCRE_NOTEMPTY and PCRE_ANCHORED -flags set in order to search for another, non-empty, match at the same point. -If this second match fails, the start offset is advanced by one, and the normal -match is retried. This imitates the way Perl handles such cases when using the -<b>/g</b> modifier or the <b>split()</b> function. -</P> -<P> -There are yet more modifiers for controlling the way <b>pcretest</b> -operates. -</P> -<P> -The <b>/+</b> modifier requests that as well as outputting the substring that -matched the entire pattern, pcretest should in addition output the remainder of -the subject string. This is useful for tests where the subject contains -multiple copies of the same substring. -</P> -<P> -The <b>/L</b> modifier must be followed directly by the name of a locale, for -example, -<pre> - /pattern/Lfr_FR -</pre> -For this reason, it must be the last modifier. The given locale is set, -<b>pcre_maketables()</b> is called to build a set of character tables for the -locale, and this is then passed to <b>pcre_compile()</b> when compiling the -regular expression. Without an <b>/L</b> modifier, NULL is passed as the tables -pointer; that is, <b>/L</b> applies only to the expression on which it appears. -</P> -<P> -The <b>/I</b> modifier requests that <b>pcretest</b> output information about the -compiled pattern (whether it is anchored, has a fixed first character, and -so on). It does this by calling <b>pcre_fullinfo()</b> after compiling a -pattern. If the pattern is studied, the results of that are also output. -</P> -<P> -The <b>/D</b> modifier is a PCRE debugging feature, which also assumes <b>/I</b>. -It causes the internal form of compiled regular expressions to be output after -compilation. If the pattern was studied, the information returned is also -output. -</P> -<P> -The <b>/F</b> modifier causes <b>pcretest</b> to flip the byte order of the -fields in the compiled pattern that contain 2-byte and 4-byte numbers. This -facility is for testing the feature in PCRE that allows it to execute patterns -that were compiled on a host with a different endianness. This feature is not -available when the POSIX interface to PCRE is being used, that is, when the -<b>/P</b> pattern modifier is specified. See also the section about saving and -reloading compiled patterns below. -</P> -<P> -The <b>/S</b> modifier causes <b>pcre_study()</b> to be called after the -expression has been compiled, and the results used when the expression is -matched. -</P> -<P> -The <b>/M</b> modifier causes the size of memory block used to hold the compiled -pattern to be output. -</P> -<P> -The <b>/P</b> modifier causes <b>pcretest</b> to call PCRE via the POSIX wrapper -API rather than its native API. When this is done, all other modifiers except -<b>/i</b>, <b>/m</b>, and <b>/+</b> are ignored. REG_ICASE is set if <b>/i</b> is -present, and REG_NEWLINE is set if <b>/m</b> is present. The wrapper functions -force PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY always, and PCRE_DOTALL unless REG_NEWLINE is set. -</P> -<P> -The <b>/8</b> modifier causes <b>pcretest</b> to call PCRE with the PCRE_UTF8 -option set. This turns on support for UTF-8 character handling in PCRE, -provided that it was compiled with this support enabled. This modifier also -causes any non-printing characters in output strings to be printed using the -\x{hh...} notation if they are valid UTF-8 sequences. -</P> -<P> -If the <b>/?</b> modifier is used with <b>/8</b>, it causes <b>pcretest</b> to -call <b>pcre_compile()</b> with the PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK option, to suppress the -checking of the string for UTF-8 validity. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">DATA LINES</a><br> -<P> -Before each data line is passed to <b>pcre_exec()</b>, leading and trailing -whitespace is removed, and it is then scanned for \ escapes. Some of these are -pretty esoteric features, intended for checking out some of the more -complicated features of PCRE. If you are just testing "ordinary" regular -expressions, you probably don't need any of these. The following escapes are -recognized: -<pre> - \a alarm (= BEL) - \b backspace - \e escape - \f formfeed - \n newline - \r carriage return - \t tab - \v vertical tab - \nnn octal character (up to 3 octal digits) - \xhh hexadecimal character (up to 2 hex digits) - \x{hh...} hexadecimal character, any number of digits in UTF-8 mode - \A pass the PCRE_ANCHORED option to <b>pcre_exec()</b> - \B pass the PCRE_NOTBOL option to <b>pcre_exec()</b> - \Cdd call pcre_copy_substring() for substring dd after a successful match (number less than 32) - \Cname call pcre_copy_named_substring() for substring "name" after a successful match (name termin- - ated by next non alphanumeric character) - \C+ show the current captured substrings at callout time - \C- do not supply a callout function - \C!n return 1 instead of 0 when callout number n is reached - \C!n!m return 1 instead of 0 when callout number n is reached for the nth time - \C*n pass the number n (may be negative) as callout data; this is used as the callout return value - \Gdd call pcre_get_substring() for substring dd after a successful match (number less than 32) - \Gname call pcre_get_named_substring() for substring "name" after a successful match (name termin- - ated by next non-alphanumeric character) - \L call pcre_get_substringlist() after a successful match - \M discover the minimum MATCH_LIMIT setting - \N pass the PCRE_NOTEMPTY option to <b>pcre_exec()</b> - \Odd set the size of the output vector passed to <b>pcre_exec()</b> to dd (any number of digits) - \P pass the PCRE_PARTIAL option to <b>pcre_exec()</b> - \S output details of memory get/free calls during matching - \Z pass the PCRE_NOTEOL option to <b>pcre_exec()</b> - \? pass the PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK option to <b>pcre_exec()</b> - \>dd start the match at offset dd (any number of digits); - this sets the <i>startoffset</i> argument for <b>pcre_exec()</b> -</pre> -A backslash followed by anything else just escapes the anything else. If the -very last character is a backslash, it is ignored. This gives a way of passing -an empty line as data, since a real empty line terminates the data input. -</P> -<P> -If \M is present, <b>pcretest</b> calls <b>pcre_exec()</b> several times, with -different values in the <i>match_limit</i> field of the <b>pcre_extra</b> data -structure, until it finds the minimum number that is needed for -<b>pcre_exec()</b> to complete. This number is a measure of the amount of -recursion and backtracking that takes place, and checking it out can be -instructive. For most simple matches, the number is quite small, but for -patterns with very large numbers of matching possibilities, it can become large -very quickly with increasing length of subject string. -</P> -<P> -When \O is used, the value specified may be higher or lower than the size set -by the <b>-O</b> command line option (or defaulted to 45); \O applies only to -the call of <b>pcre_exec()</b> for the line in which it appears. -</P> -<P> -If the <b>/P</b> modifier was present on the pattern, causing the POSIX wrapper -API to be used, only \B and \Z have any effect, causing REG_NOTBOL and -REG_NOTEOL to be passed to <b>regexec()</b> respectively. -</P> -<P> -The use of \x{hh...} to represent UTF-8 characters is not dependent on the use -of the <b>/8</b> modifier on the pattern. It is recognized always. There may be -any number of hexadecimal digits inside the braces. The result is from one to -six bytes, encoded according to the UTF-8 rules. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC6" href="#TOC1">OUTPUT FROM PCRETEST</a><br> -<P> -When a match succeeds, pcretest outputs the list of captured substrings that -<b>pcre_exec()</b> returns, starting with number 0 for the string that matched -the whole pattern. Otherwise, it outputs "No match" or "Partial match" -when <b>pcre_exec()</b> returns PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH or PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL, -respectively, and otherwise the PCRE negative error number. Here is an example -of an interactive pcretest run. -<pre> - $ pcretest - PCRE version 5.00 07-Sep-2004 - - re> /^abc(\d+)/ - data> abc123 - 0: abc123 - 1: 123 - data> xyz - No match -</pre> -If the strings contain any non-printing characters, they are output as \0x -escapes, or as \x{...} escapes if the <b>/8</b> modifier was present on the -pattern. If the pattern has the <b>/+</b> modifier, the output for substring 0 -is followed by the the rest of the subject string, identified by "0+" like -this: -<pre> - re> /cat/+ - data> cataract - 0: cat - 0+ aract -</pre> -If the pattern has the <b>/g</b> or <b>/G</b> modifier, the results of successive -matching attempts are output in sequence, like this: -<pre> - re> /\Bi(\w\w)/g - data> Mississippi - 0: iss - 1: ss - 0: iss - 1: ss - 0: ipp - 1: pp -</pre> -"No match" is output only if the first match attempt fails. -</P> -<P> -If any of the sequences <b>\C</b>, <b>\G</b>, or <b>\L</b> are present in a -data line that is successfully matched, the substrings extracted by the -convenience functions are output with C, G, or L after the string number -instead of a colon. This is in addition to the normal full list. The string -length (that is, the return from the extraction function) is given in -parentheses after each string for <b>\C</b> and <b>\G</b>. -</P> -<P> -Note that while patterns can be continued over several lines (a plain ">" -prompt is used for continuations), data lines may not. However newlines can be -included in data by means of the \n escape. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC7" href="#TOC1">CALLOUTS</a><br> -<P> -If the pattern contains any callout requests, <b>pcretest</b>'s callout function -is called during matching. By default, it displays the callout number, the -start and current positions in the text at the callout time, and the next -pattern item to be tested. For example, the output -<pre> - --->pqrabcdef - 0 ^ ^ \d -</pre> -indicates that callout number 0 occurred for a match attempt starting at the -fourth character of the subject string, when the pointer was at the seventh -character of the data, and when the next pattern item was \d. Just one -circumflex is output if the start and current positions are the same. -</P> -<P> -Callouts numbered 255 are assumed to be automatic callouts, inserted as a -result of the <b>/C</b> pattern modifier. In this case, instead of showing the -callout number, the offset in the pattern, preceded by a plus, is output. For -example: -<pre> - re> /\d?[A-E]\*/C - data> E* - --->E* - +0 ^ \d? - +3 ^ [A-E] - +8 ^^ \* - +10 ^ ^ - 0: E* -</pre> -The callout function in <b>pcretest</b> returns zero (carry on matching) by -default, but you can use an \C item in a data line (as described above) to -change this. -</P> -<P> -Inserting callouts can be helpful when using <b>pcretest</b> to check -complicated regular expressions. For further information about callouts, see -the -<a href="pcrecallout.html"><b>pcrecallout</b></a> -documentation. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC8" href="#TOC1">SAVING AND RELOADING COMPILED PATTERNS</a><br> -<P> -The facilities described in this section are not available when the POSIX -inteface to PCRE is being used, that is, when the <b>/P</b> pattern modifier is -specified. -</P> -<P> -When the POSIX interface is not in use, you can cause <b>pcretest</b> to write a -compiled pattern to a file, by following the modifiers with > and a file name. -For example: -<pre> - /pattern/im >/some/file -</pre> -See the -<a href="pcreprecompile.html"><b>pcreprecompile</b></a> -documentation for a discussion about saving and re-using compiled patterns. -</P> -<P> -The data that is written is binary. The first eight bytes are the length of the -compiled pattern data followed by the length of the optional study data, each -written as four bytes in big-endian order (most significant byte first). If -there is no study data (either the pattern was not studied, or studying did not -return any data), the second length is zero. The lengths are followed by an -exact copy of the compiled pattern. If there is additional study data, this -follows immediately after the compiled pattern. After writing the file, -<b>pcretest</b> expects to read a new pattern. -</P> -<P> -A saved pattern can be reloaded into <b>pcretest</b> by specifing < and a file -name instead of a pattern. The name of the file must not contain a < character, -as otherwise <b>pcretest</b> will interpret the line as a pattern delimited by < -characters. -For example: -<pre> - re> </some/file - Compiled regex loaded from /some/file - No study data -</pre> -When the pattern has been loaded, <b>pcretest</b> proceeds to read data lines in -the usual way. -</P> -<P> -You can copy a file written by <b>pcretest</b> to a different host and reload it -there, even if the new host has opposite endianness to the one on which the -pattern was compiled. For example, you can compile on an i86 machine and run on -a SPARC machine. -</P> -<P> -File names for saving and reloading can be absolute or relative, but note that -the shell facility of expanding a file name that starts with a tilde (~) is not -available. -</P> -<P> -The ability to save and reload files in <b>pcretest</b> is intended for testing -and experimentation. It is not intended for production use because only a -single pattern can be written to a file. Furthermore, there is no facility for -supplying custom character tables for use with a reloaded pattern. If the -original pattern was compiled with custom tables, an attempt to match a subject -string using a reloaded pattern is likely to cause <b>pcretest</b> to crash. -Finally, if you attempt to load a file that is not in the correct format, the -result is undefined. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC9" href="#TOC1">AUTHOR</a><br> -<P> -Philip Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk> -<br> -University Computing Service, -<br> -Cambridge CB2 3QG, England. -</P> -<P> -Last updated: 10 September 2004 -<br> -Copyright © 1997-2004 University of Cambridge. -<p> -Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>. -</p> |