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Regular Expression Details

Title Test Find File Name
Expression
^([a-zA-Z]:\\)?[^\x00-\x1F"<>\|:\*\?/]+\.[a-zA-Z]{3,4}$
Description
This matches a valid windows filename. Not a valid path.I wanted something simple that covered all the bases
Matches
file.txt | fie.txt.pdf | file(with parenthesis).pdf
Non-Matches
*file.pdf | file.tx
Author Rating: The rating for this expression. Jose Paulino
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Title: This isn't even close
Name: KRowe
Date: 10/11/2015 11:54:48 AM
Comment:
Not only is file.tx valid but you are missing a ton of edge cases. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/62888/932549 for a more detailed discussion.


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