import re
tempFile = (" <Command name=\"somecom\" type=\"type\" >\n"
" <input name=\"some input\" />\n"
" <output name=\"some output\" />\n"
" </Command>\n"
" <?ignore <Command name=\"somecom\" type=\"type\" >\n"
" <input name=\"some input\" />\n"
" <output name=\"some output\" />\n"
" </Command> ?>")
patr = re.compile("(?s)<\?ignore.*?\?>")
tempFile = re.sub(patr,"",tempFile)
print(tempFile)
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