Mikrotik

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For regular expressions Mikrotik uses a slightly modified ERE scheme

This note should make it easier to use regexp in Mikrotik

• Special characters \$ \? require Backslash
• Space can be denoted by \_ and Double Quotes \"
• Special characters \\^ \\. \\{ \\[ \\( \\) \\| \\* \\+ \\? is required specifying Double Slashes
• The Separator as Tab may be skiped, as scripts service characters $ (Var) \ (Hex)
• Supports Capturing group*
• Not Supports Backreferences* and Non-capturing* "Atomic" groups
• Not Supports \w [[:word:]]** and \b accordingly

There is no information in Wiki (rarely updated): https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Regular_Expressions

Correct ex. determination type of Date from log: https://regex101.com/r/5lpRGc/2