Regular Expression is failing in java

Question

I have a file name which starts with %payslip%.xml.gpg.

Below are the possible file name example :

Taswkly_payslips_Pay27.xml.gpg
exec_payslip.xml.gpg
Cairns_payslips_adv_P27.xml.gpg

Could you please help me suggesting the regex for above pattern name.

In the above pattern below things are fixed i.e.

*payslip*.xml.gpg.

Any help would be appreciated.

try .*payslip.*\\.xml\\.gpg

flakes
– flakes

2017-01-04 03:00:48 +00:00
Commented Jan 4, 2017 at 3:00 — flakes
– flakes, Commented Jan 4, 2017 at 3:00

flakes · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-04 03:04:54Z

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You can use this regex:

^.*payslip.*\.xml\.gpg$

^            start of the line
.*           any character multiple times
payslip      the string "payslip"
.*           any character multiple times
\.           the "." character
xml          the string "xml"
\.           the "." character
gpg          the string "gpg"
$            end of the line

Also don't forget to escape it in java

^.*payslip.*\\.xml\\.gpg$

Working example

answered Jan 4, 2017 at 3:04

flakes

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Dawood ibn Kareem Over a year ago

And of course, you don't need ^ and $ if you're using the matches method of the String class.

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