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Old 06-04-2008
subin_bala subin_bala is offline
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replace nth value in xml file

Hi all,
I have application.xml file with following content

<dependency>
<groupId>fr.orange.portail.ear</groupId>
<artifactId>_AdminServicesEAR</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-20080521.085352-1</version>
<type>ear</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>fr.orange.portail.ear</groupId>
<artifactId>_AdminServicesEAR</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-20080521.085352-1</version>
<type>ear</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>fr.orange.portail.ear</groupId>
<artifactId>_AdminServicesEAR</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-20080521.085352-1</version>
<type>ear</type>
</dependency>



I want to replace nth <type> tag value (ie: ear) with "OK" using sed or awk....

i tried something like this for replacing the first occurance ... but not working .

cat application.xml | awk '/\<type\>\(.*\)\<\/type\>/{n+=1}{if (n==1){gensub(/\<type\>\(.*\)\</type\>/,"OK",$0)};print }'

Can any one please tell the correct syntax of this ???

Thanks and Regards,
Subin