nginx location tilde

Question

What is the tilde (~) doing in an Nginx Location directive? ie:

location ~* \.(png|gif|jpg)$ {
  [...configuration]
}

Cory Robinson · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-01 14:03:31Z

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The tilde (~) is an identifier for Nginx letting it know that the location block is using a REGEX to match the location.

"~" = REGEX match, case-sensitive

"~*" = REGEX match, case-insensitive

answered Aug 1, 2016 at 14:03

Cory Robinson

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