Hi RudiC
This is works really great when the content is in two seperate lines as

Code:

PASS=test1/worked:fail/withthe/test/:go-to-school/grab/some:get/the/hope/to/work:success

LIB_WORK=/lets/hope/for/the/best \

Code:

:~/Desktop/test1$ sed 's/\(:*\)[^:]*hope[^:]*:*/\1/g; /^$/d' te
PASS=test1/worked:fail/withthe/test/:go-to-school/grab/some:success

but some output come within a single line, in that case, it loses some data,
Could you give a modification according to that

Code:

PASS=test1/worked:fail/withthe/test/:go-to-school/grab/some:get/the/hope/to/work:success LIB_WORK=/lets/hope/for/the/best \

Code:

:~/Desktop/test1$ sed 's/\(:*\)[^:]*hope[^:]*:*/\1/g; /^$/d' te
PASS=test1/worked:fail/withthe/test/:go-to-school/grab/some:

if some explanation provided on the logic, it will much better to me to understand make use of it in, instead of wasting your valuable time.

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Hi

If the regex is given in two different conditions too, its welcome.
Like one condition check for

Code:

:

as delimiter and remove the content with along with on delimiter

Code:

hope

2nd can check for the

Code:

hope

and if no delimiter was there it can delete the entire content

Code:

LIB_WORK=/lets/hope/for/the/best

Adding this to make clear in need