Regex One-Liners are a concise way to use regular expressions to perform tasks in a single line of code. Here are some common regex one-liners in English:

Common Regex One-Liners

  • Match an email address: ^[\w\.-]+@[\w\.-]+\.\w+$
  • Find numbers in a string: \b\d+\b
  • Check for a valid URL: ^https?://(?:[-\w.]|(?:%[\da-fA-F]{2}))+
  • Remove whitespace characters: \s+
  • Match dates in the format YYYY-MM-DD: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$

For more examples and details, check out our Regex One-Liners Guide.


To learn more about regular expressions, you can explore our Regex Basics section.