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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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mg

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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/<[pP]-([a-zA-Z-]+)([^>]*)?>[\s\n]*<\\/[pP]-\1>/<p-$1$2\/>/mg;t' <<< "<p-button type=\"submit\" [outlined]=\"true\" label=\"FILTRAR\" icon=\"pi pi-search\"[outlined]=\"true\" [outlined]=\"true\"> </p-button> <p-button[outlinued]=\"true\"></p-gfwefew> <p-button/> <p-input pInputNumber></p-input> <p-button [outlinued]=\"true\"></p-button> <p-button [outlinued]=\"true\" label=\"FILTRAR\" icon=\"pi pi-search\"></p-button> <p-calendar [outlinued]=\"true\" label=\"FILTRAR\" icon=\"pi pi-search\"></p-calendar> <p-button></p-button> <p-BUTTON [outlined]=\"true\" label=\"FILTRAR\" icon=\"pi pi-search\"> </p-BUTTON> <p-autoComplete id=\"populationCategoriesID\" formControlName=\"populationCategoriesID\" [suggestions]=\"filtered['populationCategory']\" (completeMethod)=\"filterMutiple($event,'populationCategory')\" field=\"name\" [multiple]=\"true\" [showEmptyMessage]=\"true\"> </p-autoComplete> "

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