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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. regex = r"^\s*\[[^][]*\](?:\r?\n(?![^\S\r\n]*\[]$).*)*\r?\n[^\S\r\n]*\[]$\s*"
  4. test_str = ("Hi this is my config file.\n"
  5.             "Please dont delete it\n\n"
  6.             "[homes]\n"
  7.             "  browseable                     = No\n"
  8.             "  comment                        = Your Home\n"
  9.             "  create mode                    = 0640\n"
  10.             "  csc policy                     = disable\n"
  11.             "  directory mask                 = 0750\n"
  12.             "  public                         = No\n"
  13.             "  writeable                      = Yes\n\n"
  14.             "[proj]\n"
  15.             "  browseable                     = Yes\n"
  16.             "  comment                        = Project directories\n"
  17.             "  csc policy                     = disable\n"
  18.             "  path                           = /proj\n"
  19.             "  public                         = No\n"
  20.             "  writeable                      = Yes\n\n"
  21.             "  []\n\n"
  22.             "This last second line.\n"
  23.             "End of the line.")
  24.  
  25. result = re.sub(regex, "", test_str, 0, re.MULTILINE)
  26. print(result)
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9456KB
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Hi this is my config file.
Please dont delete it
This last second line.
End of the line.
https://ideone.com/8K9o4i
language:
Python 3 (python  3.12)
created:
5 years ago
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