Block Wildcard User-agent

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how can i write rewrite condition for wildcard user agents

here is the code I'm trying but doesnt work

  RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !*uTorrent* [NC]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !*BitTorrent* [NC]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !*Transmission* [NC]

The problem is user agents are in this format

uTorrent/12345
Bittorrent/2456
Transmission/"SomeRandomNumbers"

How can i write a proper (RewriteCond) Rewrite Condition ?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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In htaccess to Allow Downloads from Specific User agent and HTTP Referrer, I already explained that (1) Your regular expressions are invalid, because you're misusing the * character (hint: it's not a wildcard), and (2) the regexes will work as you intend if you just remove the *s.

You should familiarize yourself with regular expressions. The mod_rewrite introduction to regular expressions is a good place to start.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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answered Mar 07 '14 at 17:14

Andrew Schulman

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Thanks :) Andrew i work with bash so i'll learn regex too :) – Niresh Mar 07 '14 at 17:17

Block Wildcard User-agent

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