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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/(?<System1>SYSTEM *\n *?TYPE *= )HP(?<System2>.*?FURNACE-HIR +?= [.0-9]+)\n(?<System3>.*?\.\.\n)(?<ZoneName>\".*?\")/${System1}PSZ${System2}\n CONTROL-ZONE = ${ZoneName}\n${System3}${ZoneName}/gs;t' <<< "\"EL1 Sys1 (PTAC) (G.SSW1)\" = SYSTEM TYPE = PSZ HEAT-SOURCE = HEAT-PUMP ZONE-HEAT-SOURCE = NONE SIZING-RATIO = 1 COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1 MIN-SUPPLY-T = 58 FAN-SCHEDULE = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Fan Sch\" CW-LOOP = \"DEFAULT-CW\" COOLING-CAPACITY = 15752 COOL-SH-CAP = 11839 HP-SUPP-SOURCE = NONE FURNACE-HIR = 1.24067 CONTROL-ZONE = \"EL1 SSW Perim Zn (G.SSW1)\" C-EER95 = 8.24 C-COP47 = 0.78 C-AFUE = 0.78 C-SF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-RF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-OSA-DMPR-CTRL = 1 C-HTG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-HTG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-CLG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-CAP-CATEG = 14 .. \"EL1 SSW Perim Zn (G.SSW1)\" = ZONE TYPE = CONDITIONED MIN-FLOW-RATIO = 1 FLOW/AREA = 0.5 OUTSIDE-AIR-FLOW = 96 EXHAUST-FLOW = 80 DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 HEAT-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Heat Sch\" DESIGN-COOL-T = 75 COOL-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Cool Sch\" BASEBOARD-CTRL = THERMOSTATIC SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 SSW Perim Spc (G.SSW1)\" C-COMPLIANCE-DHW = \"Res Compliance DHW\" .. \"EL1 SSW Perim Pl Zn (G.SSW38)\" = ZONE TYPE = UNCONDITIONED DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 DESIGN-COOL-T = 81 SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 SSW Perim Plnm (G.SSW38)\" .. \"EL1 Sys1 (PTAC) (G.W2)\" = SYSTEM TYPE = HP SIZING-RATIO = 1 COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1 MIN-SUPPLY-T = 58 FAN-SCHEDULE = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Fan Sch\" CW-LOOP = \"DEFAULT-CW\" COOLING-CAPACITY = 15752 COOL-SH-CAP = 11839 FURNACE-HIR = 1.24067 HEAT-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" COOL-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" C-EER95 = 8.24 C-COP47 = 0.78 C-AFUE = 0.78 C-SF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-RF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-OSA-DMPR-CTRL = 1 C-HTG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-HTG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-CLG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-CAP-CATEG = 14 .. \"EL1 West Perim Zn (G.W2)\" = ZONE TYPE = CONDITIONED MIN-FLOW-RATIO = 1 COOLING-CAPACITY = 15752 COOL-SH-CAP = 11839 BASEBOARD-RATING = -20481.2 FLOW/AREA = 0.5 OUTSIDE-AIR-FLOW = 96 EXHAUST-FLOW = 80 DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 HEAT-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Heat Sch\" DESIGN-COOL-T = 75 COOL-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Cool Sch\" BASEBOARD-CTRL = THERMOSTATIC SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS CW-LOOP = \"DEFAULT-CW\" SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Spc (G.W2)\" C-COMPLIANCE-DHW = \"Res Compliance DHW\" .. \"EL1 West Perim Pl Zn (G.W39)\" = ZONE TYPE = UNCONDITIONED DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 DESIGN-COOL-T = 81 SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Plnm (G.W39)\" .. \"EL1 Sys1 (PTAC) (G.W3)\" = SYSTEM TYPE = HP SIZING-RATIO = 1 COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1 MIN-SUPPLY-T = 58 FAN-SCHEDULE = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Fan Sch\" CW-LOOP = \"DEFAULT-CW\" COOLING-CAPACITY = 15752 COOL-SH-CAP = 11839 FURNACE-HIR = 1.24067 HEAT-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" COOL-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" C-EER95 = 8.24 C-COP47 = 0.78 C-AFUE = 0.78 C-SF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-RF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-OSA-DMPR-CTRL = 1 C-HTG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-HTG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-CLG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-CAP-CATEG = 14 .. \"EL1 West Perim Zn (G.W3)\" = ZONE TYPE = CONDITIONED MIN-FLOW-RATIO = 1 BASEBOARD-RATING = -20778.4 FLOW/AREA = 0.5 OUTSIDE-AIR-FLOW = 96 EXHAUST-FLOW = 80 DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 HEAT-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Heat Sch\" DESIGN-COOL-T = 75 COOL-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Cool Sch\" BASEBOARD-CTRL = THERMOSTATIC SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Spc (G.W3)\" C-COMPLIANCE-DHW = \"Res Compliance DHW\" .. \"EL1 West Perim Pl Zn (G.W40)\" = ZONE TYPE = UNCONDITIONED DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 DESIGN-COOL-T = 81 SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Plnm (G.W40)\" .. \"EL1 Sys1 (PTAC) (G.W4)\" = SYSTEM TYPE = HP SIZING-RATIO = 1 COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1 MIN-SUPPLY-T = 58 FAN-SCHEDULE = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Fan Sch\" CW-LOOP = \"DEFAULT-CW\" COOLING-CAPACITY = 15752 COOL-SH-CAP = 11839 FURNACE-HIR = 1.24067 HEAT-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" COOL-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" C-EER95 = 8.24 C-COP47 = 0.78 C-AFUE = 0.78 C-SF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-RF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-OSA-DMPR-CTRL = 1 C-HTG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-HTG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-CLG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-CAP-CATEG = 14 .. \"EL1 West Perim Zn (G.W4)\" = ZONE TYPE = CONDITIONED MIN-FLOW-RATIO = 1 BASEBOARD-RATING = -20671 FLOW/AREA = 0.5 OUTSIDE-AIR-FLOW = 96 EXHAUST-FLOW = 80 DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 HEAT-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Heat Sch\" DESIGN-COOL-T = 75 COOL-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Cool Sch\" BASEBOARD-CTRL = THERMOSTATIC SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Spc (G.W4)\" C-COMPLIANCE-DHW = \"Res Compliance DHW\" .. \"EL1 West Perim Pl Zn (G.W41)\" = ZONE TYPE = UNCONDITIONED DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 DESIGN-COOL-T = 81 SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Plnm (G.W41)\" .. \"EL1 Sys1 (PTAC) (G.W5)\" = SYSTEM TYPE = HP SIZING-RATIO = 1 COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1 MIN-SUPPLY-T = 58 FAN-SCHEDULE = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Fan Sch\" CW-LOOP = \"DEFAULT-CW\" COOLING-CAPACITY = 15752 COOL-SH-CAP = 11839 FURNACE-HIR = 1.24067 HEAT-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" COOL-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" C-EER95 = 8.24 C-COP47 = 0.78 C-AFUE = 0.78 C-SF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-RF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-OSA-DMPR-CTRL = 1 C-HTG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-HTG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-CLG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-CAP-CATEG = 14 .. \"EL1 West Perim Zn (G.W5)\" = ZONE TYPE = CONDITIONED MIN-FLOW-RATIO = 1 BASEBOARD-RATING = -20649.5 FLOW/AREA = 0.5 OUTSIDE-AIR-FLOW = 96 EXHAUST-FLOW = 80 DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 HEAT-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Heat Sch\" DESIGN-COOL-T = 75 COOL-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Cool Sch\" BASEBOARD-CTRL = THERMOSTATIC SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Spc (G.W5)\" C-COMPLIANCE-DHW = \"Res Compliance DHW\" .. \"EL1 West Perim Pl Zn (G.W42)\" = ZONE TYPE = UNCONDITIONED DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 DESIGN-COOL-T = 81 SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Plnm (G.W42)\" .. \"EL1 Sys1 (PTAC) (G.W6)\" = SYSTEM TYPE = HP SIZING-RATIO = 1 COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1 MIN-SUPPLY-T = 58 FAN-SCHEDULE = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Fan Sch\" CW-LOOP = \"DEFAULT-CW\" COOLING-CAPACITY = 15752 COOL-SH-CAP = 11839 FURNACE-HIR = 1.24067 HEAT-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" COOL-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" C-EER95 = 8.24 C-COP47 = 0.78 C-AFUE = 0.78 C-SF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-RF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-OSA-DMPR-CTRL = 1 C-HTG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-HTG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-CLG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-CAP-CATEG = 14 .. \"EL1 West Perim Zn (G.W6)\" = ZONE TYPE = CONDITIONED MIN-FLOW-RATIO = 1 BASEBOARD-RATING = -20499.1 FLOW/AREA = 0.5 OUTSIDE-AIR-FLOW = 96 EXHAUST-FLOW = 80 DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 HEAT-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Heat Sch\" DESIGN-COOL-T = 75 COOL-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Cool Sch\" BASEBOARD-CTRL = THERMOSTATIC SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Spc (G.W6)\" C-COMPLIANCE-DHW = \"Res Compliance DHW\" .. \"EL1 West Perim Pl Zn (G.W43)\" = ZONE TYPE = UNCONDITIONED DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 DESIGN-COOL-T = 81 SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Plnm (G.W43)\" .. \"EL1 Sys1 (PTAC) (G.W7)\" = SYSTEM TYPE = HP SIZING-RATIO = 1 COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1 MIN-SUPPLY-T = 58 FAN-SCHEDULE = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Fan Sch\" CW-LOOP = \"DEFAULT-CW\" COOLING-CAPACITY = 15752 COOL-SH-CAP = 11839 FURNACE-HIR = 1.24067 HEAT-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" COOL-ELEC-METER = \"Electric Meter 2\" C-EER95 = 8.24 C-COP47 = 0.78 C-AFUE = 0.78 C-SF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-RF-MTR-TYPE = 1 C-OSA-DMPR-CTRL = 1 C-HTG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-HTG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-DUCT-LOCN = *Ceiling Plenum* C-CLG-DUCT-RVAL = 7 C-CLG-CAP-CATEG = 14 .. \"EL1 West Perim Zn (G.W7)\" = ZONE TYPE = CONDITIONED MIN-FLOW-RATIO = 1 BASEBOARD-RATING = -20649.5 FLOW/AREA = 0.5 OUTSIDE-AIR-FLOW = 96 EXHAUST-FLOW = 80 DESIGN-HEAT-T = 72 HEAT-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Heat Sch\" DESIGN-COOL-T = 75 COOL-TEMP-SCH = \"S1 Sys1 (PTAC) Cool Sch\" BASEBOARD-CTRL = THERMOSTATIC SIZING-OPTION = ADJUST-LOADS SPACE = \"EL1 West Perim Spc (G.W7)\" C-COMPLIANCE-DHW = \"Res Compliance DHW\" .."

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