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# 1  
Old 05-23-2016
How to grep for a word in xml?
Hi,

I have the below tag/s in my xml.

Code:
<foreign-server name="MOHTASHIM_SERVER">

What will be the easist way to extract MOHTASHIM_SERVER without the double quotes "" from the above tag?

Desired Output:
Quote:
MOHTASHIM_SERVER
# 2  
Old 05-23-2016
Hello mohtashims,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps.
Code:
awk '{match($0,/\".*\"/);print substr($0,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-2)}'  Input_file

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 3  
Old 05-23-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by RavinderSingh13
Hello mohtashims,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps.
Code:
awk '{match($0,/\".*\"/);print substr($0,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-2)}'  Input_file

Thanks,
R. Singh
I need to get the value only for <foreign-server name=

while your suggestion looks like populates all double quotes.

Can you please check ?
# 4  
Old 05-23-2016
Hello mohtashims,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps you.
Code:
awk '{LEN=length("<foreign-server name=");match($0,/<foreign-server name=\".*\"/);print substr($0,RSTART+LEN+1,RLENGTH-LEN-2)}'  Input_file

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 5  
Old 05-23-2016
Hi.

R. Singh's solution seemed to work for me:
Code:
echo '<foreign-server name="MOHTASHIM_SERVER">' |
awk '{match($0,/\".*\"/);print substr($0,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-2)}'

produced:
Code:
MOHTASHIM_SERVER

on a system:
Code:
OS, ker|rel, machine: Linux, 3.16.0-4-amd64, x86_64
Distribution        : Debian 8.4 (jessie) 
awk GNU Awk 4.1.1, API: 1.1 (GNU MPFR 3.1.2-p3, GNU MP 6.0.0)

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
# 6  
Old 05-23-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by RavinderSingh13
Hello mohtashims,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps you.
Code:
awk '{LEN=length("<foreign-server name=");match($0,/<foreign-server name=\".*\"/);print substr($0,RSTART+LEN+1,RLENGTH-LEN-2)}'  Input_file

Thanks,
R. Singh
I will only be able to test this sometime later and update this thread.

---------- Post updated at 11:29 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:17 AM ----------

It works but the output is several blank lines are before and after the output while i just needed the output with no white spaces above or below.

Desired Output:
Quote:
MQ_Server
Current Output:
Quote:


MQ_Server




# 7  
Old 05-23-2016
Hello mohtashims,

Could you please try following and let me know how it goes then.
Code:
awk '{LEN=length("<foreign-server name=");match($0,/<foreign-server name=\".*\"/);VAL=substr($0,RSTART+LEN+1,RLENGTH-LEN-2);if(VAL){print VAL}}'  Input_file

Thanks,
R. Singh
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