#!/bin/bash
s='username = "fakeuservalue"
clients = [
{
username = "user1"
},
{
username = "user2"
}
]'
sed -n '/^clients = \[/,/^]$/p' <<< "$s" | sed -n 's/.*username *= *"\(.*\)".*/\1/p'
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