Regex search list of emails












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So I have a long list of email and I want to search these based on just a few sections of the email string.



I want to try and search these emails more efficently so I want to match the start of the email. Is there a simple way to match the first character/first few characters, the @ and the following character and end of the email.



Here's an example search:



cal****@a**m


So then if I used a search on the following list it would only pull the top 2



callum@aol.com
callumsmith@aol.com
callumfrrg@test.com
someemail@test.com









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    So I have a long list of email and I want to search these based on just a few sections of the email string.



    I want to try and search these emails more efficently so I want to match the start of the email. Is there a simple way to match the first character/first few characters, the @ and the following character and end of the email.



    Here's an example search:



    cal****@a**m


    So then if I used a search on the following list it would only pull the top 2



    callum@aol.com
    callumsmith@aol.com
    callumfrrg@test.com
    someemail@test.com









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      So I have a long list of email and I want to search these based on just a few sections of the email string.



      I want to try and search these emails more efficently so I want to match the start of the email. Is there a simple way to match the first character/first few characters, the @ and the following character and end of the email.



      Here's an example search:



      cal****@a**m


      So then if I used a search on the following list it would only pull the top 2



      callum@aol.com
      callumsmith@aol.com
      callumfrrg@test.com
      someemail@test.com









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      So I have a long list of email and I want to search these based on just a few sections of the email string.



      I want to try and search these emails more efficently so I want to match the start of the email. Is there a simple way to match the first character/first few characters, the @ and the following character and end of the email.



      Here's an example search:



      cal****@a**m


      So then if I used a search on the following list it would only pull the top 2



      callum@aol.com
      callumsmith@aol.com
      callumfrrg@test.com
      someemail@test.com






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          With grep:



          grep '^cal.*@a.*m$' input.txt


          This matches lines beginning ^ with cal, followed by anything (.*), followed by @a, again followed by anything, with m at the end ($).






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          With grep:



          grep '^cal.*@a.*m$' input.txt


          This matches lines beginning ^ with cal, followed by anything (.*), followed by @a, again followed by anything, with m at the end ($).






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            grep -x would get rid of the need for explicit anchors.

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          With grep:



          grep '^cal.*@a.*m$' input.txt


          This matches lines beginning ^ with cal, followed by anything (.*), followed by @a, again followed by anything, with m at the end ($).






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          With grep:



          grep '^cal.*@a.*m$' input.txt


          This matches lines beginning ^ with cal, followed by anything (.*), followed by @a, again followed by anything, with m at the end ($).






          share|improve this answer













          With grep:



          grep '^cal.*@a.*m$' input.txt


          This matches lines beginning ^ with cal, followed by anything (.*), followed by @a, again followed by anything, with m at the end ($).







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