Pattern
/[A-Za-z]:\\(?:[^\\/:*?"<>|\r\n]+\\)*[^\\/:*?"<>|\r\n]*/
Sample text
C:\Users\Professional\Projects\RegexBench D:\data\file.txt /not/windowsTest this pattern in the editor
Windows paths
Drive-letter paths with backslashes.
Related patterns
Semantic versions
MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH with optional pre-release.
Git short SHA
7–40 hex characters typical of git commits.
Unix absolute paths
Absolute POSIX-style filesystem paths.
Trailing whitespace
Find spaces/tabs at end of lines.
Hex literals
0x-prefixed hexadecimal integers.
JSON string values
Naive capture of JSON double-quoted strings.