What is a regular expression for a WPA-bssid

Question

is this format ?

wpa-bssid 00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e

or

wpa-bssid 00:12:26:36:48:58

can I use this regex?

^([0-9A-F]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-F]{2})$

any help woulb be appreciated

What result do you want to get from the regex? – Michel Antoine Jun 03 '15 at 11:26 — Michel Antoine, Jun 03 '15 at 11:26

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '15 at 11:29

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Its OK and more precise you can use :

([0-9A-F]{2}([:-]|$)){6}

answered Jun 03 '15 at 11:29

Mazdak

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However, you should be aware that some systems might not return leading zeroes. For example, iOS 13 returned "8:96:d7:...", and the regex failed. – rpitting Apr 08 '20 at 09:31

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