regexp doesnt seem to work well on sorting RSS on MAC OS X

[elmstreet]

Hi, I'm using SABnzbd+ on Leopard (latest version) and it seems that when I put this kind of expression : re:^24.720* to get only episodes of 24 in 720p from the RSS feed, it doesn't work.
I have programmed many filters like "desperate*720*" or "californication*720*" which work very well because there is no risk of confusion with other series.
For 24, ER or even Lost, if I put "24*720*" I get every 24th episode of a season for each serie. Obviously, I don't want that. ;-)
That's why I tried regexp. A friend of mine who is running SABnzbd+ on linux entered the exact same "re:^24.720*" and it works very well on its machine.
Is anyone experiencing problems with regexp on MAC OSX ?

[rAf]

I never used regexp on rss filter but you should try this :

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re:^24\.(s07e|7x|7)(\d{2})\.720.*

^24\. : matches only when beginning with "24."
(s07e|7x|7) : matches "s07e" or "7x" or "7"
(\d{2}) : matches 2 digits (00 to 99)
\.720.* : matches ".720*"

You can adapt if needed.

You can use these site http://www.regular-expressions.info/jav ... ample.html to test your regexp.

[elmstreet]

thanks a lot, but it seems that it is the regexp principle that OS X doesn't understand...
every regexp must begin by "re:" to be understood as is.
I don't know why it works on Linux and not on Leopard.

[rAf]

I'll make some tests to check if regexp work on OSX.

[rAf]

I've made some tests and regexp work fine on OSX.
Don't forget to use "preview" to check what your regexp matches.
How many rules do you have for your feed ?

[RiskyShift]

That's why I tried regexp. A friend of mine who is running SABnzbd+ on linux entered the exact same "re:^24.720*" and it works very well on its machine.
Is anyone experiencing problems with regexp on MAC OSX ?

It seems unlikely that regex pattern is what you want, "^24.720*" means "find a string beginning with 24 (^24), then any single character (.) then 72 (72) followed by zero or more zeroes (0*)". * is not a wild card, and . doesn't mean ".", because . actually is a wild card for a single character.

[DisasteR]

for me i use this comfiguration for filtering :



running on linux

[uzenet]

i never understood how to use regexp and its syntax. i've been using regular wildcards (eg. 24.S07*) and rejecting "xvid" as my very first rule to parse through tvnzb.com's feed. works fine for me in grabbing HD eps except when there is the occasional REPACK and i might have 2 downloads. btw, what rss feed are you using for tv eps?