tldr/pages/common/exrex.md

exrex

Generate all/random matching strings for a regular expression. It can also simplify regular expressions. More information: https://github.com/asciimoo/exrex.

• Generate all possible strings that match a regular expression:

exrex '{{regular_expression}}'

• Generate a random string that matches a regular expression:

exrex --random '{{regular_expression}}'

• Generate at most 100 strings that match a regular expression:

exrex --max-number {{100}} '{{regular_expression}}'

• Generate all possible strings that match a regular expression, joined together by a custom delimiter string:

exrex --delimiter "{{, }}" '{{regular_expression}}'

• Print count of all possible strings that match a regular expression:

exrex --count '{{regular_expression}}'

• Simplify a regular expression:

exrex --simplify '{{ab|ac}}'

• Print eyes:

exrex '{{[oO0](_)[oO0]}}'

• Print a boat:

exrex '{{( {20}(\| *\\|-{22}|\|)|\.={50}| ( ){0,5}\\\.| {12}~{39})}}'