All, I have tried to delete every line that has the string ID:a-z-0-9 or ID:* and cannot get it to work. Any help would be much appreciated! Here is the data file

ID:8F03F770.3E6A0B05.00000200.5E0263D7, 
(E00123),       
(E00540),       
(E00216),       
(E00313),       
(E00486),       
(E00112),       
(E00822),       
(E00792),       
(E00774),       
(E00623),       
(E00022),       
(E00188),       
(E00017),       
(E00075),       
(E00055),       
ID:500460E9.BB25AD46.00000200.3E044511,
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I do not want the string ID:* and ideally only Exxxx w.out the ( ) or , thank you!

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