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HTML
<pre class="class1">random text</pre>
<pre class="class2">
<span style="padding-right: 0.1px;">
<span class="cm-operator">=</span>
<span class="cm-operator interactive-linter-warning">===</span>
<span class="cm-operator interactive-linter-warning interactive-linter-error">===</span>
</span>
</pre>
JavaScript
$('pre').each(function(){
var val = $.trim($(this).text().replace(/\n+\s+/g,''));
if( val == '======='){
alert($(this).attr('class'));
}
});