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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

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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/.*?<li.*?<a href="(\\/release[^"]+)">([^<]+)<\\/a>.*?<\\/li>/$2 https:\/\/www.beatport.com$1\n/gs;t' <<< " <li class=\"bucket-item ec-item horz-release\" data-ec-position=\"87\" data-ec-type=\"product\" data-ec-name=\"Perfect Storm\" data-ec-creative=\"Label - Releases\" data-ec-brand=\"Interplay Global\" data-ec-category=\"Releases\" data-ec-list=\"Label - Releases\" data-ec-price=\"1.29\" data-ec-d1=\"David Deere, Brandon Mignacca\"> <div class=\"horz-release-artwork-parent\"> <a href=\"/release/perfect-storm/3265557\"> <img class=\"horz-release-artwork lazy-load\" src=\"https://geo-pro.beatport.com/static/60b2f914842e8b09024754e8a6493b36.png\" data-src=\"https://geo-media.beatport.com/image_size/250x250/cd9e7e36-d598-45c2-a05c-d2e286a0bcb1.jpg\" /> </a> </div> <div class=\"horz-release-meta-parent\"> <div class=\"horz-release-meta\"> <p class=\"buk-horz-release-title\"><a href=\"/release/perfect-storm/3265557\">Perfect Storm</a></p> <p class=\"buk-horz-release-artists\"> <a href=\"/artist/david-deere/31534\" data-artist=\"31534\">David Deere</a>, <a href=\"/artist/brandon-mignacca/523042\" data-artist=\"523042\">Brandon Mignacca</a> </p> <p class=\"buk-horz-release-labels\"> <a href=\"/label/interplay-global/93385\" data-label=\"93385\">Interplay Global</a></p> <p class=\"buk-horz-release-released\">2021-02-12</p> </div> <div class=\"horz-release-actions-parent\"> <div class=\"horz-release-actions\"> <div class=\"horz-release-play-queue\"> <button class=\"playable-play\" data-type=\"release\" data-id=\"3265557\" data-track=\"14824920\"> <svg viewBox=\"0 0 200 200\" class=\"play-icon\"> <use xlink:href=\"/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-play\"></use> </svg> </button> <button class=\"playable-queue tooltip-secondary\" data-type=\"release\" data-id=\"3265557\" data-track=\"14824920\"> <svg viewBox=\"0 0 16 11\" class=\"queue-icon\"> <use xlink:href=\"/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-add-queue\"></use> </svg> <span class=\"tooltiptext\">Add to queue</span> </button> </div> <div class=\"buy-button horz-release-buy-button \" data-release=\"3265557\" data-price=\"$1.29\" > <button class=\"add-to-default\">$1.29</button> <button class=\"launch-menu\"> <div class=\"launch-menu-icon\"> <svg viewBox=\"0 0 200 200\" class=\"icon\"> <use xlink:href=\"/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-chevron-down\"></use> </svg> </div> <div class=\"loading-menu-icon\"> <div class=\"icon\"></div> </div> </button> </div> </div> <a href=\"#\" class=\"icon icon-ellipsis horz-release-ellipsis mobile-action\"></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class=\"bucket-item ec-item horz-release\" data-ec-position=\"88\" data-ec-type=\"product\" data-ec-name=\"Glasshouse\" data-ec-creative=\"Label - Releases\" data-ec-brand=\"Interplay Global\" data-ec-category=\"Releases\" data-ec-list=\"Label - Releases\" data-ec-price=\"1.29\" data-ec-variant=\"album\" data-ec-id=\"3265543\" data-ec-d1=\"Hiski, Milad E\"> <div class=\"horz-release-artwork-parent\"> <a href=\"/release/glasshouse/3265543\"> <img class=\"horz-release-artwork lazy-load\" src=\"https://geo-pro.beatport.com/static/60b2f914842e8b09024754e8a6493b36.png\" data-src=\"https://geo-media.beatport.com/image_size/250x250/d45916cd-e96a-4669-9cd1-d71b28c21258.jpg\" /> </a> </div> <div class=\"horz-release-meta-parent\"> <div class=\"horz-release-meta\"> <p class=\"buk-horz-release-title\"><a href=\"/release/glasshouse/3265543\">Glasshouse</a></p> <p class=\"buk-horz-release-artists\"> <a href=\"/artist/hiski/574515\" data-artist=\"574515\">Hiski</a>, <a href=\"/artist/milad-e/581122\" data-artist=\"581122\">Milad E</a> </p> <p class=\"buk-horz-release-labels\"> <a href=\"/label/interplay-global/93385\" data-label=\"93385\">Interplay Global</a></p> <p class=\"buk-horz-release-released\">2021-02-05</p> </div> <div class=\"horz-release-actions-parent\"> <div class=\"horz-release-actions\"> <div class=\"horz-release-play-queue\"> <button class=\"playable-play\" data-type=\"release\" data-id=\"3265543\" data-track=\"14824888\"> <svg viewBox=\"0 0 200 200\" class=\"play-icon\"> <use xlink:href=\"/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-play\"></use> </svg> </button> <button class=\"playable-queue tooltip-secondary\" data-type=\"release\" data-id=\"3265543\" data-track=\"14824888\"> <svg viewBox=\"0 0 16 11\" class=\"queue-icon\"> <use xlink:href=\"/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-add-queue\"></use> </svg> <span class=\"tooltiptext\">Add to queue</span> </button> </div> <div class=\"buy-button horz-release-buy-button \" data-release=\"3265543\" data-price=\"$1.29\" > <button class=\"add-to-default\">$1.29</button> <button class=\"launch-menu\"> <div class=\"launch-menu-icon\"> <svg viewBox=\"0 0 200 200\" class=\"icon\"> <use xlink:href=\"/static/4fef40cebd6b915bcbe9695d5d543a01.svg#icon-chevron-down\"></use> </svg> </div> <div class=\"loading-menu-icon\"> <div class=\"icon\"></div> </div> </button> </div> </div> <a href=\"#\" class=\"icon icon-ellipsis horz-release-ellipsis mobile-action\"></a> </div> </div> </li>"

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