import re
stack_loc = ['laptop/k8s-tv-01.ibm.com/tv-And_some_text']
rx = re.compile(r'laptop/k8s-tv-01.ibm.com/tv-')
print( [x for x in stack_loc if rx.match(x)] )
# or with startswith
print( [x for x in stack_loc if x.startswith('laptop/k8s-tv-01.ibm.com/tv-')] )
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