Search for a text between two strings in a file using regex

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Originally Posted by RudiC

I can't see what program your regex was written for. Pls learn to mention ALL relevant details in your spec. For sed, try

Code:

sed -n '/<VirtualHost/,/<\/VirtualHost>/ {/^[^#]*SSLInsecureRenegotiation.*Off/p}' file
SSLInsecureRenegotiation Off
SSLInsecureRenegotiation Off

I need regex solution for grep and not sed as i m using a tool called Ansible which has a module called as "lineinfile" module which i guess uses underlying python to interpret the regex.

I use regex101.com to test the sample data before introducing it to my Ansible code.

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