Keep in mind that the command test regex on ASAs first allows you to put the text you need to be matched on and then your regex string
So, the regex xe3 will match 0xe311 as well as DDDDDxe3DDDD and so on On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Jim Terry <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kings, > > That helps, although still confused. For example: > > pixfirewall(config)# test regex 0xe311 xe3 > INFO: Regular expression match succeeded. > pixfirewall(config)# > so it seems my text is now matching only part of my regex? > > ideas, I am learning this but I am still missing something! > > JT > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:02 AM, Kingsley Charles < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> "\" to removes the special meaning of "x". >> >> >> Snippet from >> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ips/6.2/command/reference/crIntro.html >> >> Regular Expression Syntax >> >> Regular expressions are text patterns that are used for string matching. >> Regular expressions contain a mix of plain text and special characters to >> indicate what kind of matching to do. For example, if you are looking for a >> numeric digit, the regular expression to search for is "[0-9]". The brackets >> indicate that the character being compared should match any one of the >> characters enclosed within the bracket. The dash (-) between 0 and 9 >> indicates that it is a range from 0 to 9. Therefore, this regular expression >> will match any character from 0 to 9, that is, any digit. >> >> To search for a specific special character, you must use a backslash >> before the special character. For example, the single character regular >> expression "\*" matches a single asterisk. >> >> The regular expressions defined in this section are similar to a subset of >> the POSIX Extended Regular Expression definitions. In particular, "[..]", >> "[==]", and "[::]" expressions are not supported. Also, escaped >> expressions representing single characters are supported. A character can be >> represented as its hexadecimal value, for example, \x61 equals `a,' so \x61 >> is an escaped expression representing the character `a.' >> >> >> >> With regards >> Kings >> >> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Jim Terry <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am trying to figure out regex and I want to test my input on the PIX. >>> so I did this and I expected it to match- but it did not: >>> >>> pixfirewall(config)# test regex 0x06 \x06 >>> INFO: Regular expression match failed. >>> >>> Can someone tell me why 0x06 and \x06 are not the same? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> JT >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >>> visit www.ipexpert.com >>> >>> Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out >>> www.PlatinumPlacement.com <http://www.platinumplacement.com/> >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > -- Bruno Fagioli (by Jaunty Jackalope) Cisco Security Professional
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