Regex to find directory in text

Question

How do I find a path and file name in a block of text?

Before you mark this as duplicate I know questions about file paths exist

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For example

In file included from /some/directoy/3.33A.37.2/something else/dogs.txt,
                 from /some/directoy/something else/dogs.txt,
                 from /some/directoyr/3.33A.37.2/something else/dogs.txt,
                 from /var/log/xyz/10032008.log,
                 from /var/log/xyz/test.c:29:
Solution:
please the file something.h has to be alone without others include, it has to be present in release letter, 
in order to be included in /var/log/xyz/test.c and /var/log/xyz/test.h automatically
Other Note: 
The file something.c must contain the somethinge.h and not the ecpfmbsd.h because it doesn't contain C operative code.. everything good..

The following are the ideal matches:

/some/directoy/3.33A.37.2/something else/dogs.txt
/some/directoy/something else/dogs.txt
/some/directoyr/3.33A.37.2/something else/dogs.txt
/var/log/xyz/10032008.log
/var/log/xyz/test.c:29 (this is a tricky one, ok with out it)
/var/log/xyz/test.c
/var/log/xyz/test.h

Going further what if I find an answer how can I change it to work with \ instead of / directories

Federico Piazza · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-18T22:06:49.170

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You can use a regex like this:

\/.*\.[\w:]+

Working demo

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Btw, if you want to allow backslashes in the path you can have:

[\\\/].*\.[\w:]+

edited Mar 18 '15 at 22:06

answered Mar 18 '15 at 22:01

Federico Piazza

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You are fast to make changes. – Whitecat Mar 18 '15 at 22:03
This has a problem what if I have this `something /var/log/xyz/10032008.log lude, it has to be present in release letter, in order to be included in /var/log/xyz/test.c:54546 automatically` – Whitecat Mar 18 '15 at 22:20
you can try with `\/.*\.[\w:\s]+` but this will break another matches – Federico Piazza Mar 18 '15 at 22:57

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '15 at 22:04

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This looks to be working:

\/[^,:]*\.\w+

See demo.

You can fine-tune this if you know the exact extensions, their lengths and what characters they have. As for me, \w+ would do to match extensions.

answered Mar 18 '15 at 22:04

Wiktor Stribiżew

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Nice I like this one. It does both `\ /`. I am parsing "big data" I don't know any extension. I am hoping to make this as general as possible. – Whitecat Mar 18 '15 at 22:05

Regex to find directory in text

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