How to search Confluence using regex?

[Yali Izzo]

I'm trying to filter out personal information from our confluence server, and because of the nature of the info, I can't always just search a single term. CQL is a good first step, but Regex would really help. So far, though, I haven't been able to get it to work, although I've read that it is implemented. Any suggestions?

[Aleksandr Zuevich]

Hi,

You should be able to search with /yourRegex/, e.g. /r.*h/. I've just checked - it works. 

Does it help?

[Yali Izzo]

Hi,

Thanks for the response - It could be that the regex string I'm using has something confluence doesn't support? I'm trying to use something like /.+@(.+)\.(com|org|net)/ to search for email addresses.

I'll keep trying, though, good to know it should be working.

Thanks

[Aleksandr Zuevich]

What if try /.+\@.+\.(com|org|net)/ ?

[Yali Izzo]

Still nothing, unfortunately. It's probably worth noting I'm working with a server-based version of Confluence, though I don't know what changes that would have on it.

[Aleksandr Zuevich]

I tried at my confluence instances and noticed: if I put /.+\@.+\.(com|org|net)/ to quick search form, it searches, but when I put the regex to the search input on the search page it doesn't work.

[Yali Izzo]

Unfortunately, it still doesn't seem to work. It could be something to do with our setup of Confluence, at this point