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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2. s="name1{want-this-string}host,name1{want-this-string}host,name1{dont-want-this-string},name1{dont-want-this-either}name1{want-this-string}host"
  3. grep -oP '\bname1\{\K[^{}]*(?=}host\b)' <<< "$s"
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 19632KB
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