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# 1  
Old 01-28-2013
XML tag name content replacement

Hi,

Need to replace an XML tag name contents, please provide any suggestions.

Scenario is :
Code:
<abc_def>Value_some_content</abc_def>

Expected output :
Code:
<abc:def>Value_some_content</abc:def>

We have many tag with different names & contents in a file or a string.
Please help on the above.

Thanks.

Last edited by Scott; 01-28-2013 at 03:02 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data
# 2  
Old 01-28-2013
Code:
awk -F'<' '/^</{sub("_",":",$2);}/>$/{sub("_",":",$NF);}1' OFS='<' xmlfile

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# 3  
Old 01-29-2013
Code:
$ echo '<abc_def>Value_some_content</abc_def>' | sed 's,abc_def,abc:def,g'
<abc:def>Value_some_content</abc:def>

# 4  
Old 01-29-2013
Thanks bipinajith..

@itkamaraj : i have so many tags with different contents in the xml file.
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