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diff --git a/src/modes/edit/regex.rs b/src/modes/edit/regex.rs
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+use std::path::Path;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+use crate::{common::filename_from_path, modes::edit::Flagged};
+
+/// Flag every file matching a typed regex in current directory.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// It may fail if the `input_string` can't be parsed as a regex expression.
+/// It may also fail if a file in the directory has a filename which can't be decoded as utf-8.
+pub fn regex_matcher(input_string: &str, paths: &[&Path], flagged: &mut Flagged) -> Result<()> {
+    flagged.clear();
+    let re = regex::Regex::new(input_string)?;
+    for path in paths {
+        if re.is_match(filename_from_path(path)?) {
+            flagged.push(path.to_path_buf());
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}