How to write regex to exclude indexing files that start with a period (.)?

[dhavamanis]

Can you please tell us REGEX pattern, to exclude files for indexing that start with a period (.) ?

[gkanapathy · Accepted solution]

The simplest is to use a blacklist:

blacklist = \/\.[^\/]*$

but you could also use (more complicated):

whitelist = \/(?!\.)[^\/]*$

[ShaneNewman]

^(?!\.)

[gkanapathy]

or use the blacklist parameter with blacklist = \/\.[^\/]*$

[ppablo]

I'm sure some regex experts out there can help you solve your question, but a lot of them would definitely recommend using http://regex101.com or http://www.regexr.com
to learn how to create your own regex patterns instead of getting a simple copy and paste answer.