E.7 LineContainsRegexp

E.7 LineContainsRegexp
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This filter is similar to Section E.6, “Line Contains ” but you can specify regular expressions instead of simple strings.

<filterchain>
  <linecontainsregexp>
    <regexp pattern="foo(.*)bar" />
  </linecontainsregexp>
</filterchain>

Table E.7: Attributes for the <linecontainsregexp> filter

Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
`casesensitive`	`Boolean`	Perform a case sensitive match.	true	No
`negate`	`Boolean`	Whether to select non-matching lines only.	false	No
`regexp`	`String`	Regular expression to be searched for.	n/a	No - Unless specified, a valid nested regexp element has to be set.

E.7.1 Nested tags

The LineContains filter has to contain at least one regexp tag if the regexp attribute has no pattern set. This must have a pattern attribute that is set to a regular expression.

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