Text Processingflags: g
Unix Environment Variable Reference
Match Unix shell environment variable references in both $VAR and ${VAR} forms.
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Pattern
regexengine-agnostic
\$\{?([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)\}? (flags: g)Raw source: \$\{?([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)\}?
How it works
\$ matches the literal dollar sign. \{? optionally matches an opening brace. ([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*) captures the variable name: must start with a letter or underscore, followed by letters, digits, or underscores. \}? optionally matches the closing brace.
Examples
Input
Path is $HOME/.configMatches
$HOME
Input
export ${DATABASE_URL}Matches
${DATABASE_URL}
Input
no variables hereNo match
—Common use cases
- •Shell script static analysis
- •Dockerfile and CI config variable extraction
- •Documentation generation for environment variables
- •Config template rendering engines