How to get value back from regex replace?

[nikivi]

I want to extract the actual menu bar item from the menu bar search in this workflow.

 

So that it extracts the menu bar item from the menu bar search. I came up with a regex to do that : 

 

https://regex101.com/r/bEHmFj/1 

 

However I can't quite figure out how to apply it in Alfred. I looked into Alfred help page of Replace utility too. I am sure the regex is sound and works well.

 

Thank you for any help. 

Edited September 29, 2017 by nikivi

[nikivi]

I also tried it with /"^"*"/g

[deanishe]

Alfred doesn't have an "extract regex", it has a "replace regex". That means you need to match what you don't want to keep.

 

It's probably easier to do it with a Run Script, where you can do "extract regex".

[Fabio]

Hi,

 

   So, there is no way to use groups and replace something matched by \1 or $1 using Replace Utility?

[deanishe]

21 minutes ago, Fabio said:

Hi,

 

   So, there is no way to use groups and replace something matched by \1 or $1 using Replace Utility?

 

Certainly. That's exactly how it works.

 

That isn't how Niki was trying to use it, though.