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Asked: 2026-06-14T22:07:49+00:00

Which regular expression should I use with the command grep if I wanted to

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Which regular expression should I use with the command grep if I wanted to match the text contained within the tag <div class="Message"> and its closing tag </div> in an HTML file?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Here’s one way using GNU grep:

    grep -oP '(?<=<div class="Message"> ).*?(?= </div>)' file

    If your tags span multiple lines, try:

    < file tr -d '\n' | grep -oP '(?<=<div class="Message"> ).*?(?= </div>)'
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