regular expression matches more than it should

Question

Hi I have a script that tries to replace one a block of <p></p> with text image002.jpg or png. but it always replace more that it should. Could someone help to improve the regex. I did ask ChatGPT but no luck:=). The one who got the answer must smarter than AI.

# Assign the input text to a variable using single quotes
$content = 
@'
<p class=xmsonormal style="background:white">to be kept 1</p>

<p class=xmsonormal style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;
color:black"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_i1028"
 type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style="width:75pt;height:75pt">
 <v:imagedata src="test_files/image002.png" o:href="cid:98eba38d-7414-46ec-a87a-8eca235a6e5c"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=100 height=100
src="test_files/image002.png" style="height:1.041in;width:1.041in" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]></span><span
style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=xmsonormal style="background:white">to be kept 2</p>
'@

$pattern = "(?s)<p\b[^>]*>.*?\bimage002\.(png|jpg)\b.*?</p>"
#"<p[^>]*>(.*?)(image002\.(png|jpg))(.*?)<\/p>"
$replacement = "<p>replaced</p>"

[regex]::Replace($content, $pattern, $replacement, [System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions]::Singleline)
# Use -replace operator to find and replace all matches
$content = $content -replace $pattern,$replacement
# Write the modified content to the console or a file
Write-Host $content

Answer 1

Hi，

Please see if this meets your needs.

'<p([\s\S](?<!</p>))*?image002\.(png|jpg)[\s\S]*?</p>'

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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