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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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# If you'd like to omit non-matching lines from the result; add ';d' to the end of the expression. sed -E 's/(?:\s)*<task action="4" id="94(\d\d\d)00(\d\d)">(?:\s)*<release>(?:\s)*<item type="cost" vitality="\d"(?:\s)*\\/>((?:\n|.)*?)<item type="param(?:(?:\n|.)*?)(?=<\\/win)((?:\n|.)*?)<\\/release>(?:\s)*<\\/task>(?:\s)*/\n\n\n\n<stroy id="$17$2" areaid="0" startid="-1" endid="-1" maxnum='0' interval='0' count="0" type='3'>$3$4<\/stroy>\n\n/gm;t' <<< " <task action=\"4\" id=\"941010010\"> <release> <item type=\"cost\" vitality=\"1\" /> <item type=\"fight\" npcid=\"1010010\"> <win> <item type=\"aside\" content=\"[color=#ff7e53]你胜利了！[/color]\" auto=\"true\" /> <item type=\"random\"> <item probability=\"0.001\"> <item type=\"reward\" yueli=\"300\" money=\"100\" auto=\"true\"> <item id=\"2801\" num=\"1\" /> </item> </item> <item probability=\"0.001\"> <item type=\"reward\" yueli=\"300\" money=\"100\" auto=\"true\"> <item id=\"2901\" num=\"1\" /> </item> </item> <item probability=\"0.001\"> <item type=\"reward\" yueli=\"300\" money=\"100\" auto=\"true\"> <item id=\"3001\" num=\"1\" /> </item> </item> <item probability=\"0.001\"> <item type=\"reward\" yueli=\"300\" money=\"100\" auto=\"true\"> <item id=\"3101\" num=\"1\" /> </item> </item> </item> <item type=\"param\" key=\"fight-1010010\" action=\"update\" value=\"1\" /> </win> <lose> <item type=\"aside\" content=\"[color=#ff7e53]你被{rnpc}打倒在地！[/color]\" auto=\"true\" /> </lose> </item> </release> </task>"

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for SED, please visit: https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s_0022-Command.html