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Announcement Support for this product will end on November 3, 2025. We recommend that you use PATROL for Linux, PATROL for AIX, or PATROL for Solaris to monitor operating systems.

Conventions for Using Regular Expressions with BMC PATROL Objects

In regular expressions, when specifying PATROL objects (/computer:/application/instance/parameter) or pathnames (/directory/subdirectory/subdirectory/file), remove the initial slash and substitute dashes for the remaining slashes.

For a file, the format for a regular expression is
directory-subdirectory-subdirectory-file

For a PATROL parameter, the format for a regular expression is
 -computer:-application-instance-parameter

For example, the file system /app/oracle/usr would be represented as app-oracle-usr in a regular expression.

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

BMC PATROL for UNIX and Linux 9.13