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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. string = """
  4. #Text which I want to keep intact
  5. #Lots of text 
  6. #Lots and lots of text 
  7. #Lots and lots and lots of other text 
  8.  
  9. #Then in-between the file I have text in this format which I want to operate on:
  10.  
  11. ginstance 
  12. { 
  13.  name ginstance_053D627B1349FA0BC57 
  14.  node "FINDME" 
  15.  inherit_xform on 
  16.  visibility 255 
  17. blah 
  18. blah 
  19. blah 
  20. } 
  21.  
  22. ginstance 
  23. { 
  24.  name ginstance_053D627B1349FA0BC57 
  25.  node "DONTFINDME" 
  26.  inherit_xform on 
  27.  visibility 255 
  28. blah 
  29. blah 
  30. blah 
  31. }
  32. """
  33.  
  34. rx = re.compile("""
  35. 		ginstance\s*\{
  36. 		[^}]*
  37. 		(?:node\ "FINDME")
  38. 		[^}]*
  39. 		\}
  40. 		""", re.VERBOSE)
  41. string = re.sub(rx, '', string)
  42. print string
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#Text which I want to keep intact
#Lots of text 
#Lots and lots of text 
#Lots and lots and lots of other text 

#Then in-between the file I have text in this format which I want to operate on:

 

ginstance 
{ 
 name ginstance_053D627B1349FA0BC57 
 node "DONTFINDME" 
 inherit_xform on 
 visibility 255 
blah 
blah 
blah 
}
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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