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Asked: 2026-05-22T18:21:11+00:00

I have data that looks like this: [Shift]);[Ctrl][Ctrl+S][Left mouse-click][Backspace][Ctrl] I want to find all

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I have data that looks like this:

[Shift]);[Ctrl][Ctrl+S][Left mouse-click][Backspace][Ctrl]

I want to find all [.*] tags that have the word mouse in them. Keeping in mind non-greedy specifiers, I tried this in Vim: \[.\{-}mouse.\{-}\], but this yielded this result,

[Shift]);[Ctrl][Ctrl+S][Left mouse-click]

Rather than just the desired,

[Left mouse-click]

Any ideas? Ultimately I need this pattern in Perl syntax as well, so if anyone has a solution in Perl that would also be appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team
    \[[^]]*mouse[^[]*\]

    That is, match a literal opening bracket, then any number of characters that aren’t closing brackets, then “mouse,” then any number of non-opening-brackets, and finally a literal closing bracket. Should be the same in Perl.

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