---
name: "qsre"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libapache2-mod-qos"
version: "11.76-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/qsre"
---

# qsre(1)

## NAME

qsre matches a regular expression against test strings.

## SYNOPSIS

qsre \<string\>\|\<path\> \<pcre\>\|\<path\>

## DESCRIPTION

Regular expression test tool. The provided regular expression (pcre, caseless matching, "." matches anything incl. newline) is appplied against the provided test strings to verify if the pattern matches.

## OPTIONS

- \<string\>\|\<path\>

  The first argument either defines a single test string of a path to a file containing either multiple test strings or a test pattern with newline characters (text).

- \<pcre\>\|\<path\>

  The second argument either defines a regular expression or a path to a file containing the expression.

## SEE ALSO

[qsgeo(1)](/qsgeo/1.md), [qslog(1)](/qslog/1.md), [qsrespeed(1)](/qsrespeed/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Pascal Buchbinder, http://mod-qos.sourceforge.net/