====== Regex general ======
Regex's are used to find strings or text of interest. Zenoss uses them in:
  - Processes - determining if a process name matches what you define
  - FIXME - where else is it used?

====== Zenoss Regex ======
Zenoss regex is defined by a combination of rules:
  - [[http://www.pcre.org/|Perl Compatible Regular Expressions]] (PCRE)
  - [[http://docs.python.org/dev/howto/regex.html|python regex extensions]] (a superset of PCRE)

===== Examples =====
<code regex>
^.*\/*httpd - finds all apache processes (usually named httpd) FIXME - make sure this is correct, what does stuff at begining do?
</code>