Question

I have a log that has the following url:

https://<hostname>/<directory>/builds/<job>/<version>/<build_number>

where:

hostname = any valid hostname
directory = any valid directory
job = any valid collection of characters (it may contain '-')
version = [0-9].[0-9] (i.e.) 1.0
build_number = [0-9] (i.e.) 2012050677

My intent is to read the log and use a regex to do the following:

1. match the url

2. set an href using the url as follows:

   <a href=matched_url>Latest build</a>
   

What kind of regex can I use to accomplish this?

Answer 1

Do a regex replace of

https://[^/]+/[^/]+/builds/[^/]+/[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/\d+

with

<a href='$&'>Latest build</a>

Alternatively $0 instead of $&, depending on your regex engine, probably.