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Regex for SSH URL

Regex Pattern

^(?:ssh:\/\/)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@)?[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+(?::\d+)?(?:[\/:].*)?$

SSH connection string (ssh:// or user@host format)

Quick Answer

The regex pattern for ssh url is `^(?:ssh:\/\/)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@)?[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+(?::\d+)?(?:[\/:].*)?$`. SSH connection string (ssh:// or user@host format). This works in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, and most regex engines that support PCRE syntax.

Test Examples

InputResult
ssh://user@host.com✓ Matches
git@github.com:user/repo.git✓ Matches
user@192.168.1.1:22✓ Matches
http://example.com✗ No match
not a url✗ No match

Code Examples

javascript

const regex = /^(?:ssh:\\/\\/)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@)?[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+(?::\d+)?(?:[\\/:].*)?$/;
const isValid = regex.test(value);

python

import re
pattern = r'^(?:ssh:\/\/)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@)?[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+(?::\d+)?(?:[\/:].*)?$'
if re.match(pattern, value):
    print("valid")

ruby

pattern = /^(?:ssh:\/\/)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@)?[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+(?::\d+)?(?:[\/:].*)?$/
if value =~ pattern
  puts "valid"
end

php

if (preg_match('/^(?:ssh:\\/\\/)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@)?[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+(?::\d+)?(?:[\\/:].*)?$/', $value)) {
    echo "valid";
}

java

String pattern = "^(?:ssh:\\/\\/)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@)?[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+(?::\\d+)?(?:[\\/:].*)?$";
boolean isValid = value.matches(pattern);

Frequently Asked Questions

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