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password regex with optional special characters
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password-regex.txt
^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])[\w~@#$%^&*+=`|{}:;!.?\"()\[\]-]{6,8}$
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regex-reference.md
  • ^ - start of string
  • (?=.*\d) - require at least one digit
  • (?=.*[a-z]) - require at least a lowercase ASCII letter
  • (?=.*[A-Z]) - require at least 1 ASCII uppercase letter
  • [\w~@#$%^&*+=`|{}:;!.?\"()\[\]-]{6,8} - match (=consume) 6,8 characters only,symbols that are either alphanumeric, or _, or all those inside the character class
  • $ - end of string

For testing/demo go here: https://regex101.com/r/qN5dN0/5

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