Quote:

Originally Posted by uwork72 Group, Code: $ cat 2233 12236 ID2 12239 ID3 Please guide me to construct the following XML from the above input. <Comp> <main> <hlp fS="12236" eS="12237"> <std no="2233" /> <id="ID2"/> </hlp> <hlp fS="12239" eS="12240"> <std no="2233" /> <id="ID3"/> </hlp> </main> </Comp> ** eS is +1 of fS value ** std no is the file name

This does what you asked for:

Code:

file=2233
{
 read num1 id1
 read num2 id2
} < "$file"
fmt='<Comp>
        <main>
                <hlp fS="%d" eS="%d">
                        <std no="%d" />
                        <id="%s"/>
                </hlp>
                <hlp fS="%d" eS="%d">
                        <std no="%d" />
                        <id="%s"/>
                </hlp>
        </main>
</Comp>'

printf "%fmt\n" "$num1" "$(( $num1 + 1 ))" "$file" "$id1" \
                "$num2" "$(( $num3 + 1 ))" "$file" "$id2"

More probably, what you want is:

Code:

file=2233
head='<Comp>
        <main>'
fmt='                <hlp fS="%d" eS="%d">
                        <std no="%d" />
                        <id="%s"/>
                </hlp>
'

tail='        </main>
</Comp>'

{
 printf "%s\n" "$head"
 while read nnum id
 do
   printf "$fmt" "$num" "$(( $num + 1 ))" "$file" "$id"
 done < "$file"
 printf "%s\n" "$tail"
} > NEWFILE


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