I'm look for RegEx syntax for find items in a list of urls
(logfiles)... where the url contains "lists." and then "market"
somewhere in the url.

Example Matches:  

http://lists.domainname.com/banana/market.php?Id=657   
https://domainname.com/banana-red/lists.php&name=market

Hi timberline-ga,

This should match your URLs:

lists\..*market

Note the backslash before the second dot. This makes the dot match a
dot character, instead of the dot being a metacharacter that matches
any character.

The asterisk means "zero or more times", so this regular expression
means "Match 'lists.' followed by zero or more characters followed by
'market'"

If this doesn't work for you, let me know what language you're using.
Some languages have slight differences in the regular expressions that
they accept, although the regex above is pretty universal.

Regards,
eiffel-ga


Additional Link:

Regular Expressions tutorial, examples and reference
http://www.regular-expressions.info/

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Clarification of Answer by eiffel-ga on 29 Jun 2006 08:26 PDT

Hi timberline-ga,

Thanks for your kind comments.

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However, I am not always available to work on Google Answers
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experience working with regular expressions who would be able to help
you with your questions if you so desire.

Regards,
eiffel-ga

This was a very good answer to a simple question.  I would definitely
want to use this researcher again for other REGEX questions