... Guessed: match at offset 0 2 <%n%nb> | 1:MBOL(2) 2 <%n%nb> | 2:MINMOD(3) 2 <%n%nb> | 3:STAR(5) 2 <%n%nb> | 5: MEOL(6) 2 <%n%nb> | 6: END(0) Match possible, but length=0 is smaller than requested=1, failing! POSIXD[\s] can match 1 times out of 1... 3 <%nb> | 5: MEOL(6) 3 <%nb> | 6: END(0) Match successful! ...