Replacig text inside multiple repeating patterns in same line

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I have something like this;

I like reading **books** and taking **notes**

I was trying to get something like this;

I like reading books and taking notes

Tried doing;

sed 's/\*\*\(.*\)\*\*/\1/g' a.txt

This returns;
I like reading books** and taking **notes
It wraps around the whole line. Any way to get around it? *note: I'm using a GNU version of sed*

Asked by atheros (256 rep)

Apr 16, 2021, 04:29 PM
Last activity: Apr 16, 2021, 04:54 PM

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