nginx location tilde

Question

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

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

http://serverfault.com/questions/581474/nginx-meaning-of-the-tilde-in-the-location-block-of-the-nginx-conf — Wiktor Stribiżew, Aug 01 '16 at 14:04

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '16 at 14:03

25

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 01 '16 at 14:03

Cory Robinson

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