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Asked: 2026-05-25T17:45:12+00:00

I want to match the following: any string which contains any character, except /

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I want to match the following:

any string which contains any character, except / or . this is done using ([^/\.]+), how ever, I also want to add a string “faq” so to match any character, except if it’s a string of “faq”, some examples:

Currently, my Regex:

^([^/\.]+)/([^/\.]+)/$

However, it captures “faq” aswell.

faq/fsdfsd/ => No match
faqgff/fdsfs/ => Match
jhpo/ijkd/ => Match
f/iout/ => Match
a/iout/ => Match
q/iout/ => Match

I’ve tried running ([^/.]+)

Yes, it’s for .htaccess redirects 🙂

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  1. Editorial Team

    This would be a negative lookhead

    (?!.*faq)

    it is true when it does not find the pattern “faq”

    So include it in your regex like this

    ^(?!.*faq)([^/\.]+)/([^/\.]+)/$

    Then it will match for your pattern, but fail if the string includes “faq”. (Hope I understood you correctly)

    See it here on Regexr

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