Regex question

hi, i want to modifie this script: http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/FbxAnimListPostprocessor
so it first reads the name, and then the animation data
i already tried a few things, poked a bit here: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/9099/The-30-Minute-Regex-Tutorial
but cant seem to get it working

so i want to change this (works) :

Code (csharp):

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2.         Regex regexString = new Regex(" *(?<firstFrame>[0-9]+) *- *(?<lastFrame>[0-9]+) *(?<loop>(loop|noloop| )) *(?<name>[^\r^\n]*[^\r^\n^ ])",

to something like this
(this code doesnt work)
:

Code (csharp):

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2. Regex regexString = new Regex(" *(?<name>*[^ ]) *(?<firstFrame>[0-9]+) *- *(?<lastFrame>[0-9]+) *(?<loop>(loop|noloop| |\n))",
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Going by what you have there I would assume that you are missing the ^ in front of the last \n

 

i have a seperate txt file where i manually write the animation data
and the loop is optional, so thats why i didnt add a ^

i think if someone could explain to me what *(?<name>[^\r^\n]*[^\r^\n^ ]) exactly does
why is there a * at the beginning
what i understand of this code is :

mysterious *, not \r , not \new line, * : keep looking until you find \r or \n , and then this piece [^\r^\n^ ], whats this for

adding ^\n doesnt work