Why is my rex command after upgrade to 6.3 not working

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Hello

I'm using this Regex command:

rex max_match=25 "\s+(?P<UserName>[^ ]+\s*\w*)\s+(?P<Status>[Allow|Deny]+)\s+(?P<Rigths>[\w+|-\d+][,\s+\w+]*)\n"

with Version 6.2.x it works fine but after upgrade to 6.3 I get this error:

Error in 'rex' command: Encountered the following error while compiling the regex '\s+(?P<UserName>[^ ]+\s*\w*)\s+(?P<Status>[Allow|Deny]+)\s+(?P<Rigths>[\w+|-\d+][,\s+\w+]*)\n': Regex: invalid range in character class

Here a pastebin of sample data -paste-

Am I the only one who is facing this?
I hope you can help me.

Best regards!

[alacercogitatus]

I'm not sure of the exact cause, but I can guess. 6.3 might have introduced stronger regex validation. That being the case, the " " (blank space) might be the cause.

Try this:

rex max_match=25 "\s+(?P<UserName>[^\s]+\s*\w*)\s+(?P<Status>Allow|Deny)+\s+(?P<Rights>[\w+|-\d+][,\s+\w+]*)\n"

[knielsen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

pasting you rex expression into regex101 points out that [\w+|-\d+] is the problem. "-" is parsed as a range quantifier, which doesn't make sense in that expression. If that "-" should match an actual "-", then escape it with backslash.

Hth,
Kai.

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Sorry for late response, this was the right Answer!
Thank you very mutch Kai!