Ah… OK ! Of course, you could try that regex :

(?x-si) ^ .+ \R < -+ > \R (?: Test \x20 .+ \R? )+ (?= \R ^ < -+ > )

But the main problem is not solved. We need to know how your present data is organized !

Could you provide us, a reasonable amount of your real text ( I mean, between 50 and 150 lines ) which recapitulates all ( or almost all ) the possible cases of your INPUT data :

INPUT

testxx:textxx
<------------>
Test #1: 0
Test #2: 3
Test #3: 0
<------------>
....
....
....
....

And, starting with that INPUT data, could you show us the OUTPUT text that you expect to :

OUTPUT

...
...
...

BR

guy038

You’re not doing a great job of describing what you want, and you seem to be changing your spec every time you ask the question. Guy has done his best to guess what you mean, and has done a reasonable job; I will usually try to guess, but with your problem desciption, I cannot tell at all what you want (so i cannot offer any suggestions).

Please do a better job of defining your desires, so you get one last answer, and then understand that you are expected to learn from what we share, and figure out how to customize it yourself, and not just expect us to do your homework/job for you.

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I tried it and it mark

Test #1: 0
Test #2: 3
Test #3: 0

Test #1: 0
Test #2: 1
Test #3: 4

now how to change it to mark

testxx:textxx
testxx2:testxx2

Could you try this Mark regex ?

(?x-si) < -+ > \R \K (?: Test \x20 .+ \R? )+ (?= \R ^ < -+ > )

Remark : You do not even need to tick the Bookmark line option !

If OK, I’ll explain you how this regex works !

Cheers,

guy038

the repeated sentence in my file are

<------------>
Test #1:
Test #2:
Test #3: 
<------------>

Or are all the lines to copy begin with the string Test ?

BR

guy038

Are the blocks to copy contain, at least, two successive lines ?

BR

guy038

testxx:textxx
testxx2:testxx2

are just examples the origin file contains a lot of different data , that main idea is to copy them using these

<------------>
Test #1: 0
Test #2: 1
Test #3: 4
<------------>

One possible method would be to use regular expressions !

• Open the Mark dialog ( Ctrl + M )

• Type in (?x-s) ^ testxx .+ \R < -+ > \R \K (?s: .+? ) (?= \R ^ < -+ > ) in the Find what: zone

• Untick all the box options

• Click the 3 options Bookmark line, Purge for each search and Wrap around

• Select the Regular expression search mode

• Click on the Mark All button

• Click on the Copy Mark Text button

• Open a new tab ( Ctrl + N )

• Paste the copied text ( Ctrl + V )

Here your are !

Note that any line, made of only four dashes, between your blocks, are generated by the Copy Marked Text feature itself !

Best Regards,

guy038