Regexp::Common::net(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentatioRegexp::Common::net(3)NAMERegexp::Common::net-- provide regexes for IPv4 addresses.
SYNOPSIS
use Regexp::Common qw /net/;
while (<>) {
/$RE{net}{IPv4}/ and print "Dotted decimal IP address";
/$RE{net}{IPv4}{hex}/ and print "Dotted hexadecimal IP address";
/$RE{net}{IPv4}{oct}{-sep => ':'}/ and
print "Colon separated octal IP address";
/$RE{net}{IPv4}{bin}/ and print "Dotted binary IP address";
/$RE{net}{MAC}/ and print "MAC address";
/$RE{net}{MAC}{oct}{-sep => " "}/ and
print "Space separated octal MAC address";
}
DESCRIPTION
Please consult the manual of Regexp::Common for a general description
of the works of this interface.
Do not use this module directly, but load it via Regexp::Common.
This modules gives you regular expressions for various style IPv4 and
MAC (or ethernet) addresses.
$RE{net}{IPv4}
Returns a pattern that matches a valid IP address in "dotted decimal".
Note that while 318.99.183.11 is not a valid IP address, it does match
"/$RE{net}{IPv4}/", but this is because 318.99.183.11 contains a valid
IP address, namely 18.99.183.11. To prevent the unwanted matching, one
needs to anchor the regexp: "/^$RE{net}{IPv4}$/".
For this pattern and the next four, under "-keep" (See Regexp::Common):
$1 captures the entire match
$2 captures the first component of the address
$3 captures the second component of the address
$4 captures the third component of the address
$5 captures the final component of the address
$RE{net}{IPv4}{dec}{-sep}
Returns a pattern that matches a valid IP address in "dotted decimal"
If "-sep=P" is specified the pattern P is used as the separator. By
default P is "qr/[.]/".
$RE{net}{IPv4}{hex}{-sep}
Returns a pattern that matches a valid IP address in "dotted
hexadecimal", with the letters "A" to "F" capitalized.
If "-sep=P" is specified the pattern P is used as the separator. By
default P is "qr/[.]/". "-sep=""" and "-sep=" "" are useful
alternatives.
$RE{net}{IPv4}{oct}{-sep}
Returns a pattern that matches a valid IP address in "dotted octal"
If "-sep=P" is specified the pattern P is used as the separator. By
default P is "qr/[.]/".
$RE{net}{IPv4}{bin}{-sep}
Returns a pattern that matches a valid IP address in "dotted binary"
If "-sep=P" is specified the pattern P is used as the separator. By
default P is "qr/[.]/".
$RE{net}{MAC}
Returns a pattern that matches a valid MAC or ethernet address as colon
separated hexadecimals.
For this pattern, and the next four, under "-keep" (See
Regexp::Common):
$1 captures the entire match
$2 captures the first component of the address
$3 captures the second component of the address
$4 captures the third component of the address
$5 captures the fourth component of the address
$6 captures the fifth component of the address
$7 captures the sixth and final component of the address
This pattern, and the next four, have a "subs" method as well, which
will transform a matching MAC address into so called canonical format.
Canonical format means that every component of the address will be
exactly two hexadecimals (with a leading zero if necessary), and the
components will be separated by a colon.
The "subs" method will not work for binary MAC addresses if the Perl
version predates 5.6.0.
$RE{net}{MAC}{dec}{-sep}
Returns a pattern that matches a valid MAC address as colon separated
decimals.
If "-sep=P" is specified the pattern P is used as the separator. By
default P is "qr/:/".
$RE{net}{MAC}{hex}{-sep}
Returns a pattern that matches a valid MAC address as colon separated
hexadecimals, with the letters "a" to "f" in lower case.
If "-sep=P" is specified the pattern P is used as the separator. By
default P is "qr/:/".
$RE{net}{MAC}{oct}{-sep}
Returns a pattern that matches a valid MAC address as colon separated
octals.
If "-sep=P" is specified the pattern P is used as the separator. By
default P is "qr/:/".
$RE{net}{MAC}{bin}{-sep}
Returns a pattern that matches a valid MAC address as colon separated
binary numbers.
If "-sep=P" is specified the pattern P is used as the separator. By
default P is "qr/:/".
$RE{net}{domain}
Returns a pattern to match domains (and hosts) as defined in RFC 1035.
Under I{-keep} only the entire domain name is returned.
RFC 1035 says that a single space can be a domainname too. So, the
pattern returned by $RE{net}{domain} recognizes a single space as well.
This is not always what people want. If you want to recognize
domainnames, but not a space, you can do one of two things, either use
/(?! )$RE{net}{domain}/
or use the "{-nospace}" option (without an argument).
REFERENCES
RFC 1035
Mockapetris, P.: DOMAIN NAMES - IMPLEMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION.
November 1987.
SEE ALSO
Regexp::Common for a general description of how to use this interface.
AUTHOR
Damian Conway damian@conway.org.
MAINTAINANCE
This package is maintained by Abigail (regexp-common@abigail.be).
BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
Bound to be plenty.
For a start, there are many common regexes missing. Send them in to
regexp-common@abigail.be.
LICENSE and COPYRIGHT
This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2009, Damian Conway and Abigail.
This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following
licenses:
1) The Perl Artistic License. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL.
2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2.
3) The BSD Licence. See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD.
4) The MIT Licence. See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT.
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