diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97be1fb3..05e61048 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - #2663 allow to directly output json when logging (via log_type for JSON and --log-type via CLI)
 - #2675 fix path when installing language module like typescript
 - #2674 increase restart timeout for systemd startup
+- #2564 allow to operate process (restart/reload/stop/delete) with regex
 
 ## 2.3.0
 
diff --git a/lib/API.js b/lib/API.js
index bd590d27..6a927ef3 100644
--- a/lib/API.js
+++ b/lib/API.js
@@ -1309,6 +1309,30 @@ API.prototype._operate = function(action_name, process_name, envs, cb) {
       return processIds(ids, cb);
     });
   }
+  // operate using regex
+  else if (isNaN(process_name) && process_name[0] === '/' && process_name[process_name.length - 1] === '/') {
+    var regex = new RegExp(process_name.replace(/\//g, ''));
+    
+    that.Client.executeRemote('getMonitorData', {}, function(err, list) {
+      if (err) {
+        Common.printError('Error retrieving process list: ' + err);
+        return cb(err);
+      }
+      var found_proc = [];
+      list.forEach(function(proc) {
+        if (regex.test(proc.pm2_env.name)) {
+          found_proc.push(proc.pm_id);
+        }
+      });
+
+      if (found_proc.length === 0) {
+        Common.printError(conf.PREFIX_MSG_WARNING + 'No process found');
+        return cb ? cb(new Error('process name not found')) : that.exitCli(conf.ERROR_EXIT);
+      }
+
+      return processIds(found_proc, cb);
+    });
+  }
   else if (isNaN(process_name)) {
     /**
      * We can not stop or delete a module but we can restart it
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 66f94570..058b7735 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "^3",
-    "should": "^11",
-    "better-assert": "^1.0.0"
+    "should": "^11"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "gkt": "https://tgz.pm2.io/gkt-1.0.0.tgz"
diff --git a/test/bash/operate-regex.sh b/test/bash/operate-regex.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86e59fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bash/operate-regex.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SRC=$(cd $(dirname "$0"); pwd)
+source "${SRC}/include.sh"
+
+cd $file_path
+
+$pm2 start echo.js --name "echo-3"
+$pm2 start echo.js --name "echo-1"
+$pm2 start echo.js --name "echo-2"
+
+sleep 0.5
+
+should 'should have started 3 apps' 'online' 3
+
+$pm2 stop /echo-[1,2]/
+
+should 'should have stopped 2 apps' 'stopped' 2
+should 'only one app should still be online' 'online' 1
+
+$pm2 stop /echo-3/
+should 'should have stopped 1 apps' 'online' 0
+
+$pm2 restart /echo-[1,2]/
+
+should 'should have restarted 2 apps' 'online' 2
+
diff --git a/test/pm2_behavior_tests.sh b/test/pm2_behavior_tests.sh
index 9a59e530..418bf3bf 100644
--- a/test/pm2_behavior_tests.sh
+++ b/test/pm2_behavior_tests.sh
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ bash ./test/bash/log-null.sh
 spec "Logging path set to null"
 bash ./test/bash/log-json.sh
 spec "Logging directly to file in json"
+bash ./test/bash/operate-regex.sh
+spec "Operate process that match regex"
 
 # Issues related
 bash ./test/bash/issues/2337.sh
diff --git a/test/programmatic/cluster.mocha.js b/test/programmatic/cluster.mocha.js
index af855d87..6d6e6cdb 100644
--- a/test/programmatic/cluster.mocha.js
+++ b/test/programmatic/cluster.mocha.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
 
 var PM2    = require('../..');
 var should = require('should');
-var assert = require('better-assert');
 var path   = require('path');
 var Plan   = require('../helpers/plan.js');
 
diff --git a/test/programmatic/env_switching.js b/test/programmatic/env_switching.js
index ebb3164c..0f0c4309 100644
--- a/test/programmatic/env_switching.js
+++ b/test/programmatic/env_switching.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 var PM2    = require('../..');
 var should = require('should');
-var assert = require('better-assert');
 var path   = require('path');
 
 // Change to current folder
diff --git a/test/programmatic/logs.js b/test/programmatic/logs.js
index 7a66e86b..3859045e 100644
--- a/test/programmatic/logs.js
+++ b/test/programmatic/logs.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
 var PM2    = require('../..');
 var should = require('should');
 var fs     = require('fs');
-var assert = require('better-assert');
 var path   = require('path');
 
 describe('Max memory restart programmatic', function() {
diff --git a/test/programmatic/max_memory_limit.js b/test/programmatic/max_memory_limit.js
index 6564ac9f..efaf2a12 100644
--- a/test/programmatic/max_memory_limit.js
+++ b/test/programmatic/max_memory_limit.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ process.env.PM2_WORKER_INTERVAL = 1000;
 
 var PM2    = require('../..');
 var should = require('should');
-var assert = require('better-assert');
 var path   = require('path');
 
 // Change to current folder
diff --git a/test/programmatic/misc_commands.js b/test/programmatic/misc_commands.js
index 5fef9edd..b82c07f8 100644
--- a/test/programmatic/misc_commands.js
+++ b/test/programmatic/misc_commands.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 var PM2    = require('../..');
 var should = require('should');
-var assert = require('better-assert');
 var path   = require('path');
 
 describe('Misc commands', function() {
diff --git a/test/programmatic/programmatic.js b/test/programmatic/programmatic.js
index 74dbe57b..bf16fffc 100644
--- a/test/programmatic/programmatic.js
+++ b/test/programmatic/programmatic.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 //process.env.NODE_ENV ='test';
 var PM2    = require('../..');
 var should = require('should');
-var assert = require('better-assert');
 var path   = require('path');
 
 describe('PM2 programmatic calls', function() {
diff --git a/test/programmatic/send_data_process.mocha.js b/test/programmatic/send_data_process.mocha.js
index 4fc092d5..378de0ee 100644
--- a/test/programmatic/send_data_process.mocha.js
+++ b/test/programmatic/send_data_process.mocha.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 var PM2    = require('../..');
 var should = require('should');
-var assert = require('better-assert');
 var path   = require('path');
 
 describe('PM2 programmatic calls', function() {
diff --git a/test/programmatic/signals.js b/test/programmatic/signals.js
index 558164f9..6c62c6ea 100644
--- a/test/programmatic/signals.js
+++ b/test/programmatic/signals.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 var PM2    = require('../..');
 var should = require('should');
-var assert = require('better-assert');
 var path   = require('path');
 
 describe('Signal kill (+delayed)', function() {
diff --git a/test/programmatic/watcher.js b/test/programmatic/watcher.js
index 0d97b01d..34cecc8e 100644
--- a/test/programmatic/watcher.js
+++ b/test/programmatic/watcher.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-var should = require('should')
-var assert = require('better-assert');
+var should = require('should');
 var p = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs')
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter