[/<>*?|:"~#%&{}\]+

Str/|ng

def cleanPath(path):
    #Compiling regex...
    multi_dot = re.compile(r"[.]{2,}")
    start_dot = re.compile(r"^[.]")
    end_dot = re.compile(r"[.]$")
    disallowed_chars = re.compile(r'[/<>*?|:"~#%&{}\]+')
    dis1 = re.compile(r'.files$')
    dis2 = re.compile(r'_files$')
    dis3 = re.compile(r'-Dateien$')
    dis4 = re.compile(r'_fichiers$')
    dis5 = re.compile(r'_bestanden$')
    dis5 = re.compile(r'_file$')
    dis6 = re.compile(r'_archivos$')
    dis7 = re.compile(r'-filer$')
    dis8 = re.compile(r'_tiedostot$')
    dis9 = re.compile(r'_pliki$')
    dis10 = re.compile(r'_soubory$')
    dis11 = re.compile(r'_elemei$')
    dis12 = re.compile(r'_ficheiros$')
    dis13 = re.compile(r'_arquivos$')
    dis14 = re.compile(r'_dosyalar$')
    dis15 = re.compile(r'_datoteke$')
    dis16 = re.compile(r'_fitxers$')
    dis17 = re.compile(r'_failid$')
    dis18 = re.compile(r'_fails$')
    dis19 = re.compile(r'_bylos$')
    dis20 = re.compile(r'_fajlovi$')
    dis21 = re.compile(r'_fitxategiak$')
    regxlist = [multi_dot,start_dot,end_dot,disallowed_chars,dis1,dis2,dis3,dis4,dis5,dis5,dis6,dis7,dis8,dis9,dis10,dis11,dis12,dis13,dis14,dis15,dis16,dis17,dis18,dis19,dis20,dis21]
    print("************************************nn"+path+"nn************************************n")
    for x in regxlist:
        match = x.search(path)
        if match:
            print("n")
            print("MATCHED")
            print(match.group())

    print("___________________________________________________________________________")
    return path


#testlist of conditions that should be found, some OK, some bad
testlist = ["string","str....ing","str..ing","str.ing",".string","string.",".string.","$tring",r"string","st/r/ing",r"str/|ng","/str<i>ng","str.filesing","string.files"]
testlist_ans = ["OK","Match ....","Match ..","OK","Match .","Match .","Match . .","OK",r"Match  ","Match /",r"Match /|","Match / < >","OK","Match .files"]
count = 0
for i in testlist:
    print(testlist_ans[count])
    count = count + 1

    cleanPath(i)

re.sub(pattern,new_txt,subject) #replace all instinces of pattern with new_txt
re.findall(pattern,subject) #find all instances