Use regex to skip a word

Question

I am using sublime to list all my .js files in my application but I want to use regex to show only the files that are not minified. I want files returned that are [NOT].min[/NOT].js I am using [^(\.min)]\.js and it appears to work but am not sure if it is going to miss any files. Is there a better piece of regex to use here?

/showhouse-bootstrap-datepicker.js      want returned
/dataTables.bootstrap.js                want returned
/additional-methods.min.js              dont want returned
/bootstrap-switch.min.js                dont want returned

I thought the following would work but it returns all .js

(?!\.min)\.js

I am unsure of regex and am not sure if this will return all files that end in .js but not .min.js — Pierce McGeough, Apr 18 '14 at 11:16
The [The Stack Overflow Regular Expressions FAQ](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22937618/reference-what-does-this-regex-mean/22944075#22944075) has an answer which may be of interest: [match a string not containing a word](http://stackoverflow.com/q/406230) — aliteralmind, Apr 18 '14 at 11:21
I seen that post earlier but it doesnt really work for me becuase it is sperate entries. I want to find ".js" — Pierce McGeough, Apr 18 '14 at 11:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '14 at 11:39

instead of doing it the not way , do it as a positive search.

[^(\.min)]\.js is what you have done. this will not match any file ending in js which have m or n or i in them. check it .

Use a regex like this .

(?<!\.min)\.js

demo here : http://regex101.com/r/rJ1jN3

l'L'l · Answer 2 · 2014-04-18T13:42:42.630

Sublime Text uses the Boost regex syntax, so you could use a pattern that grouped the items matching *.min.js and/or *.js then use a backreference to match the sub-expression:

^(.+w+\.js)|(.+\w+\.min\.js)\1$

The first pattern ^(.+\w+\.js) groups anything matching *.js into sub-expression 1, the second pattern (.+\w+\.min\.js) puts any matching *.min.js into sub-expression 2. The final step is to use a back-reference to sub-expression 1which is escaped as\1.

string:

something.min.js
min.js
1234.js
submin.js
file.js
admin.js
script.min.js
gar.min.js
garmin.min.js
harmin.marmin.min.js
garmin.js

matched:

min.js
1234.js
submin.js
file.js
admin.js
garmin.js

Use regex to skip a word

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