From 8d4f58e49b9dc7d3545651023a36729de773ad86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 03:22:31 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.12.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md (limited to 'libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md') diff --git a/libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md b/libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79a7131 --- /dev/null +++ b/libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +## netdata simple patterns + +Unix prefers regular expressions. But they are just too hard, too cryptic +to use, write and understand. + +So, netdata supports **simple patterns**. + +Simple patterns are a space separated list of words, that can have `*` +as a wildcard. Each world may use any number of `*`. Simple patterns +allow **negative** matches by prefixing a word with `!`. + +So, `pattern = !*bad* *` will match anything, except all those that +contain the word `bad`. + +Simple patterns are quite powerful: `pattern = *foobar* !foo* !*bar *` +matches everything containing `foobar`, except strings that start +with `foo` or end with `bar`. + +You can use the netdata command line to check simple patterns, +like this: + +```sh +# netdata -W simple-pattern '*foobar* !foo* !*bar *' 'hello world' +RESULT: MATCHED - pattern '*foobar* !foo* !*bar *' matches 'hello world' + +# netdata -W simple-pattern '*foobar* !foo* !*bar *' 'hello world bar' +RESULT: NOT MATCHED - pattern '*foobar* !foo* !*bar *' does not match 'hello world bar' + +# netdata -W simple-pattern '*foobar* !foo* !*bar *' 'hello world foobar' +RESULT: MATCHED - pattern '*foobar* !foo* !*bar *' matches 'hello world foobar' +``` + +netdata stops processing to the first positive or negative match +(left to right). If it is not matched by either positive or negative +patterns, it is denied at the end. + + +[![analytics](https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&aip=1&t=pageview&_s=1&ds=github&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnetdata%2Fnetdata&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-netdata.io%2Fgithub%2Flibnetdata%2Fsimple_pattern%2FREADME&_u=MAC~&cid=5792dfd7-8dc4-476b-af31-da2fdb9f93d2&tid=UA-64295674-3)]() -- cgit v1.2.3