newsbin.com

Use the "Find In Subject" feature to isolate the .rXX files using Regular Expressions (RegEx). This RegEx will show all the .r?? files: \.r[a0-9][r0-9]. In english, this means look for a "." (the "\" escapes the ".", otherwise it means "match any single character") then match an "r", then match either an "a" or a digit 0 through 9, then match an "r" or a digit 0 through 9. If you are looking for a specific series like "amovie.rXX", use amovie\.r[a0-9][r0-9].

For a more thorough example, see http://www.newsbin.com/howto/rar.htm.

Have fun,

Dexter

You Should include [r-z] because after .r99 come .s00 .t00etc... \.[r-z][a0-9][r0-9]

Yes, you're right, that would catch everything. I left that out of the original example to keep it simple and because very few rar posts I've encountered actually go into "s" and beyond.

dexter what level of RE does newsbin support? classic? egrep? gnu? thanks.

I'm not sure how to describe it. It seems very close to that used in Perl if that's any help.

Are you sure? I mean, of course you're sure but I still find it hard to believe cause Perl RE is the super-super set of all REs. Would you mind, if it is ok, to reveal which RE lib you used in newsbin? Thanks for the answer and the great work!

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I've made a few mods to make it fit in a class. This is how the "Find" box is implemented. Filename and subject filters use something else which will be going away as soon as I can gut it out.

Thanks a lot, that makes things very clear:)

that all seems a bit complex
couldn't i just file filter like

noir - 0.[.]r..

to eliminate all noir - 0?.r??

the ? marks being replaced with any # value

Yes, that looks good too.

Perhaps "[.][r-t].." because any RAR posts with more then 100 parts uses the next letter.

Yes but you run the risk on matching other things. The "." means "Any Character", not "Any Number". To match on any number, you have to use [0-9].

ok just need to clarify on this (Whats inside the quotations is exactly what i'm entering, not the quotation marks themselves).

Subject Filters - Reject

"Dragon" will ensure that i don't don't download any files that have the word Dragon in the Subject

File Filters - Reject

"Dragon" will also ensure that i don't download any file that have the word Dragon in the filename?

or is it exact match so i would have to use a file filter of
".*Dragon.*[.]..."

I'd think you can just use "Dragon" all by itself. I'll experiment with it to verify.