Fix searchInCommands option for runTheMatrix.py --interactive

[mmusich]

PR description:

Title says it all.
Before this PR:

searchInCommands standard .* .*HLT:HIon.*
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/cvmfs/cms-ib.cern.ch/sw/x86_64/week0/el8_amd64_gcc13/cms/cmssw/CMSSW_17_0_X_2026-05-18-2300/bin/el8_amd64_gcc13/runTheMatrix.py", line 1040, in <module>
    TheMatrix(opt).cmdloop()
  File "/cvmfs/cms-ib.cern.ch/sw/x86_64/week0/el8_amd64_gcc13/external/python3/3.12.4-1d56c354f154d4b4623813614af4d338/lib/python3.12/cmd.py", line 138, in cmdloop
    stop = self.onecmd(line)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/cvmfs/cms-ib.cern.ch/sw/x86_64/week0/el8_amd64_gcc13/external/python3/3.12.4-1d56c354f154d4b4623813614af4d338/lib/python3.12/cmd.py", line 217, in onecmd
    return func(arg)
           ^^^^^^^^^
  File "/cvmfs/cms-ib.cern.ch/sw/x86_64/week0/el8_amd64_gcc13/cms/cmssw/CMSSW_17_0_X_2026-05-18-2300/bin/el8_amd64_gcc13/runTheMatrix.py", line 872, in do_searchInCommands
    if re.match(pattern_command, command):
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/cvmfs/cms-ib.cern.ch/sw/x86_64/week0/el8_amd64_gcc13/external/python3/3.12.4-1d56c354f154d4b4623813614af4d338/lib/python3.12/re/__init__.py", line 167, in match
    return _compile(pattern, flags).match(string)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object, got 'InputInfo'

This is likely a regression introduced by Python 3.12 becoming stricter about regex argument types.

Additionally I include a test case for searchInCommands in test-runTheMatrix_interactive.

PR validation:

scram b runtests_test-runTheMatrix-interactive runs fine.

If this PR is a backport please specify the original PR and why you need to backport that PR. If this PR will be backported please specify to which release cycle the backport is meant for:

N/A

[mmusich]

type bug-fix

[cmsbuild]

cms-bot internal usage

[cmsbuild]

+code-checks

Logs: https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/code-checks/cms-sw-PR-50977/49384

• There are other open Pull requests which might conflict with changes you have proposed:
  • File Configuration/PyReleaseValidation/scripts/runTheMatrix.py modified in PR(s): [Do not merge] For cms-bot PR testing #48637, [20_0_X] Disable RelVal workflows that read existing non-RAW files #50954

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @mmusich for master.

It involves the following packages:

• Configuration/PyReleaseValidation (pdmv)

@AdrianoDee, @DickyChant, @antoniovagnerini, @cmsbuild, @kfjack, @miquork, @sroychow can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
@Martin-Grunewald, @fabiocos, @makortel, @slomeo this is something you requested to watch as well.
@ftenchini, @mandrenguyen, @sextonkennedy you are the release manager for this.

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[mmusich]

@rovere FYI

[mmusich]

@cmsbuild, please test

[cmsbuild]

+1

Size: This PR adds an extra 28KB to repository
Summary: https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-9a3bb9/53323/summary.html
COMMIT: 2aa6fd6
CMSSW: CMSSW_17_0_X_2026-05-18-2300/el8_amd64_gcc13
User test area: For local testing, you can use /cvmfs/cms-ci.cern.ch/week0/cms-sw/cmssw/50977/53323/install.sh to create a dev area with all the needed externals and cmssw changes.

Comparison Summary

Summary:

• You potentially added 1 lines to the logs
• Reco comparison results: 8 differences found in the comparisons
• DQMHistoTests: Total files compared: 53
• DQMHistoTests: Total histograms compared: 4187292
• DQMHistoTests: Total failures: 9
• DQMHistoTests: Total nulls: 0
• DQMHistoTests: Total successes: 4187263
• DQMHistoTests: Total skipped: 20
• DQMHistoTests: Total Missing objects: 0
• DQMHistoSizes: Histogram memory added: 0.0 KiB( 52 files compared)
• Checked 227 log files, 197 edm output root files, 53 DQM output files
• TriggerResults: no differences found

[AdrianoDee]

+pdmv

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next master IBs (tests are also fine). This pull request will now be reviewed by the release team before it's merged. @sextonkennedy, @mandrenguyen, @ftenchini (and backports should be raised in the release meeting by the corresponding L2)

[mandrenguyen]

+1