summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to '')
-rw-r--r--libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md11
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md b/libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md
index 79a713168..53ed947e9 100644
--- a/libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md
+++ b/libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-## netdata simple patterns
+## 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**.
+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
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ 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,
+You can use the Netdata command line to check simple patterns,
like this:
```sh
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ RESULT: NOT MATCHED - pattern '*foobar* !foo* !*bar *' does not match 'hello wor
RESULT: MATCHED - pattern '*foobar* !foo* !*bar *' matches 'hello world foobar'
```
-netdata stops processing to the first positive or negative match
+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)]()
+[![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)](<>)