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Extract text from xml

Extract text from xml file (ignoring commented out elements) and create a one line regex.

Start file
<list>
  <item>txt123</item>
  <!-- <item>txt124</item> -->
  <!-- <item>txt126</item> -->
  <item>txt127</item>
  <item>txt137</item>
  <!-- <item>txt145</item> -->
  <item>txt148</item>
  <!-- <item>txt150</item> -->
</list>
End file
^(txt123|txt127|txt137|txt148).*$

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1,10c1
< <list>
<   <item>txt123</item>
<   <!-- <item>txt124</item> -->
<   <!-- <item>txt126</item> -->
<   <item>txt127</item>
<   <item>txt137</item>
<   <!-- <item>txt145</item> -->
<   <item>txt148</item>
<   <!-- <item>txt150</item> -->
< </list>
---
> ^(txt123|txt127|txt137|txt148).*$

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Solutions by @KaizenSoze70:
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#5 - Ben Hill / @KaizenSoze70

10/11/2017 at 05:08PM

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#>10 - Ben Hill / @KaizenSoze70

10/11/2017 at 05:06PM

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#>18 - Ben Hill / @KaizenSoze70

10/11/2017 at 04:50PM

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#>20 - Ben Hill / @KaizenSoze70

10/11/2017 at 04:41PM

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#>21 - Ben Hill / @KaizenSoze70

10/11/2017 at 04:36PM