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Old 06-04-2013
Replace the .txt file between two strings in XML file
Hi i am having XML file with many number of lines,I need to replace between two strings with .txt file using awk.
For ex
Code:
<PersonInfoShipTo ------------------------------ />
My requirement is to replace the content between 
<PersonInfoShipTo ------------------------------ />

help me.
Thanks for ur help....
Last edited by Scott; 06-04-2013 at 06:40 AM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 06-04-2013
try....
Code:
 
awk '/<PersonInfoShipTo ------------------------------ \/>/{p=1;print;print "Your text to be replaced"}/<PersonInfoShipTo ------------------------------ \/>/{p=0}!p' filename

# 3  
Old 06-04-2013
hi thanks for ur reply,
I am having many lines between <PersonInfoShipTo and /> i cant give all the line in program,one more thing i need to replace with a file with .txt extension
# 4  
Old 06-04-2013
use start with ^ and * if you have many charachter in the file and in unix dont worry about file extention just give your file name to the command.

ex:
Code:
 
awk '/^<PersonInfoShipTo*/{p=1;print;print "Your text to be replaced"}/^<PersonInfoShipTo*/{p=0}!p' filename.txt

# 5  
Old 06-04-2013
Hi i tried the below one,Because my end string is /> and replacement file is file6.txt
but i am getting below error.
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
Please help me

Code:
awk '/^<PersonInfoShipTo*/>$/{p=1;print;print "file6.txt"}/^<PersonInfoShipTo*/{p=0}!p' inputcopy.xml

# 6  
Old 06-04-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Padmanabhan
Hi i tried the below one,Because my end string is /> and replacement file is file6.txt
but i am getting below error.
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
Please help me

Code:
awk '/^<PersonInfoShipTo*/>$/{p=1;print;print "file6.txt"}/^<PersonInfoShipTo*/{p=0}!p' inputcopy.xml

Use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris.
# 7  
Old 06-04-2013
hi i tries with nawk but i get the follwing error
Code:
nawk '/^<PersonInfoShipTo*/>$/{p=1;print;print "file6.txt"}/^<PersonInfoShipTo*/{p=0}!p' inputcopy.xml

Code:
nawk: syntax error at source line 1
 context is
         >>> /^<PersonInfoShipTo*/>$/ <<< {p=1;print;print "file6.txt"}/^<PersonInfoShipTo*/{p=0}!p
nawk: bailing out at source line 1

Please help me out
Last edited by radoulov; 06-04-2013 at 09:36 AM..
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