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# 1  
Old 03-15-2017
Parsing a file and setting to variables.
greetings all, I have a task right now that is somewhat stumping me, and I am not sure what the best approach is to take it.

I have a text file that will contain something similar to the following:

Code:
 
 first1, other1
 first2, other2
 first3, other3
 first4, other4

I have to generate an XML file that takes the value of first and other, and puts them into an XML file such as below so I can run my program against it:

Code:
 
 <application="testApp">
                <task="modify" name="document">
                <mapping first="first1" other="other1" />
                <mapping first="first2" other="other2" />
                <mapping first="first3" other="other3" />
                <mapping first="first4" other="other4" />
                 </task>
 </application>

Scratching my head over this one. Whats the best approach at this?

Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 03-15-2017
something along these lines: awk -f jeff.awk myTextFile.txt where jeff.awk is:

Code:
BEGIN {
  FS=OFS=","
  qq="\""
  printf("<application=%stestApp%s>\n\t<task=%smodify%s name=%sdocument%s>\n", qq, qq,qq,qq,qq,qq)
}
{printf("\t<mapping first=%s%s%s other=%s%s%s />\n", qq, $1, qq, qq, $2, qq)}

END {
  printf("\t</task>\n</application>\n")
}

# 3  
Old 03-15-2017
This looks like it works. A bit more advanced than I had thought. One last question, is how do I output this to a file. I am trying basic redirect of

Code:
>> xml.out

and it does not like that.
# 4  
Old 03-15-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffs42885
This looks like it works. A bit more advanced than I had thought. One last question, is how do I output this to a file. I am trying basic redirect of

Code:
>> xml.out

and it does not like that.

awk -f jeff.awk myTextFile.txt > xml.out
# 5  
Old 03-15-2017
If you're expecting to append to the file, xml doesn't really work that way. A new file would have to be generated each time.
# 6  
Old 03-15-2017
wow, that was a newb error!!!! you folks rock!
# 7  
Old 03-16-2017
Hello all,

I ran into an issue with this in forming the XML.

I am calling the awk script as shown:

Code:
awk -f config/jeff.awk ./input/input.txt >> output.xml

I am getting this error:

Code:
 syntax error The source line is 1.
 The error context is
                 >>> . <<<  /location/to/properties/file/config.file
 awk: Quitting
 The source line is 1.

Because within the config.file I made some changes, not sure if there is a more efficient way to do this..

Code:
. /location/to/properties/file/config.file
BEGIN {
  FS=OFS=","
  qq="\""
  printf("<application name=%s$FIELD1%s>\n\t<field task=%supdate%s name=%s$FIELD2%s>\n", qq, qq,qq,qq,qq,qq)
}
{printf("\t<mapping db=%s%s%s displayed=%s%s%s />\n", qq, $1, qq, qq, $2, qq)}
END {
  printf("\t</field>\n</application>\n")
}

Am I doing this incorrectly?
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