using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
string pattern = @"(?:\[device name\]:\[?|\[name_of_device\]- |,)([^\],\r\n]*)(?=.*\r?\n(?:[ \t]*\[.*\r?\n)*?[ \t]*\[(?:current software\]: |software_running\]- )(.*))";
string substitution = @"";
string input = @"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. This is a list of all kinds of models, software, and release dates. See below for more details
{
#device batch 1 info can be found below
{
[device name]:device_1
[initial software]: SW$1_978qhuhk
[current software]: sW98203_973
[date] : 2022-01-05
}
{
[device name]:[device_2, device_3]
[initial software]: sW$3_jghs
[current software]: sW$3_jghs2
[date] : 2022-07-03
}
#wifi devices can be found here
{
{
""nested children"":
[device name]:[w_device_1, w_device_pro]
[initial software]: 982637012_sw
[current software]: 93834932_swp$
[date] : 2024-02-01
}
{
[name_of_device]- mesh_plus
[installation_date]-2023-03-21
[software_running]- mesh_sw_old
}
}
}
";
Regex regex = new Regex(pattern);
string result = regex.Replace(input, substitution);
}
}
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 C#, please visit: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.regex(v=vs.110).aspx