reglist
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Prototype: reglist(list, regex)
Return type: boolean
Description: Returns whether the anchored regular expression
regex
matches any item in list
.
This function can accept many types of data parameters.
Arguments:
list
:string
- CFEngine variable identifier or inline JSON - in the range:.*
regex
: regular expression - Regular expression - in the range:.*
Example:
Output:
code
R: 127.0.0.1 is NOT currently set as a nameserver
In the example above, the IP address in $(sys.ipv4[eth0])
must be escape
d,
so that the (.) characters in the IP address are not interpreted as the
regular expression "match any" characters.
History: The collecting function behavior was added in 3.9.
See also: getindices()
, getvalues()
, about collecting functions, and data
documentation.