How to use java regex to match a line

Question

The raw data is:

auser1 home1b
auser2 home2b
auser3 home3b

I want to match a line, but it doesn\'t work using ^(.*?)$

Answer 1

we can also use the flag MULTILINE,

 Matcher m = Pattern.compile("^.*$",Pattern.MULTILINE).matcher(text);

This will enable the multiline mode which will gave you the expected result.