Welcome to the Make community!
You can use the built-in function replace
e.g.:
{{ replace(1.html; "/(^```html\s*|\s*```$)/g"; emptystring) }}
For more information, see the function documentation in the Help Center.
Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.
— @samliew
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