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| -rw-r--r-- | src/main.rs | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs index 133bd2d..674d128 100644 --- a/src/main.rs +++ b/src/main.rs @@ -129,10 +129,16 @@ impl Opt { fn build_filter(&self) -> Result<Box<dyn LogFilter>> { // As a shortcut, we allow only the regular expression to be given, to retain the behaviour // before the filter changes. + + // Special characters that when present will prevent the filter to be interpreted as a + // regex. This is to ensure that errors are properly reported on invalid filterlines + // instead of being swallowed because the filter was taken as a (valid) regex: + const SPECIAL_CHARS: &[char] = &['-', '(', ')', ':', '<', '>', '=']; + if self.expression.len() == 1 { let line = &self.expression[0]; let maybe_filter = build_filter(line); - if maybe_filter.is_err() && !line.starts_with('-') { + if maybe_filter.is_err() && !line.contains(SPECIAL_CHARS) { let maybe_regex = Regex::new(line); if let Ok(rgx) = maybe_regex { let filter = filters::player::any( |