diff --git a/docs/ftldns/regex/overview.md b/docs/ftldns/regex/overview.md index 65edd42..65ff4ba 100644 --- a/docs/ftldns/regex/overview.md +++ b/docs/ftldns/regex/overview.md @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ A regular expression, or RegEx for short, is a pattern that can be used for building arbitrarily complex blocking rules in *FTL*DNS. -We implement the ERE flavor similar to the one used by the UNIX `egrep` (or `grep -E`) command. +We implement the POSIX Extended Regular Expressions similar to the one used by the UNIX `egrep` (or `grep -E`) command. -Our implementation is computationally inexpensive as each domain is only checked once for a match (if you query `google.com`, it will be checked against your RegEx. Any subsequent query to the same domain will not be checked again until you restart `pihole-FTL`). +Our implementation is light and fast as each domain is only checked once for a match (if you query `google.com`, it will be checked against your RegEx. Any subsequent query to the same domain will not be checked again until you restart `pihole-FTL`). ## How to use regular expressions for blocking *FTL*DNS reads in regular expression filters from `/etc/pihole/regex.list` (one expression per line, lines starting with `#` will be skipped). To tell *FTL*DNS to reload the list, either: -- Execute the `>recompile-regex` API command (`echo ">recompile-regex" | nc localhost 4711`) -- Send `SIGHUP` to `pihole-FTL` (`sudo killall -SIGHUP pihole-FTL`) +- Execute the `>recompile-regex` API command (`echo ">recompile-regex" | nc localhost 4711`) or +- Send `SIGHUP` to `pihole-FTL` (`sudo killall -SIGHUP pihole-FTL`) or - Restart the service (`sudo service pihole-FTL restart`) ## Pi-hole Regex debugging mode