Try this:

[^-]\d\.\d\.\d{2}\.\d{4}

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Try this

^(?!\-)\+?\d\.\d\.\d{2}\.\d{4}

I have added the beginning of line ^ and the match invalidator (?! ) which
if the item in the validator matches, the match becomes invalid. Hence if
there is a minus sign, the match is invalid. (Also added \+? which allows for
an optional + sign.

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Try this

^(?!\-)\+?\d\.\d\.\d{2}\.\d{4}

or if you dont want to enforce the digits, repeat the patter of \d\. such as

^(?!\-)\+?(\d+\.?)+

These concepts are added

^ Beginning of Line to anchor it.
(?! ) Match Invalidator. If the item within matches, it invalidates the
whole match.
      in your case if a - is at the beginning then it will invalidate.
\+?  says look for literal +, zero or 1 item. Just to be consistent.

Well that will accept:

foobar fibbles foobar1.0.00.0000foobar fibbles foobar

You're not enforcing matching the beginning and end of the input. Try:

^\d\.\d\.\d{2}\.\d{4}$

Alun Harford