Hi All,

I have a xml file . And I need to remove the header inofrmation and the tralier information from the xml file. I have pasted the sample xml below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <!-- Generated by Ascential Software Corporation, DataStage - XMLOutput stage - Mon Nov 19 15:49:21 2007
-->
- <xtd:EBO xmlns:xtd="http://service.aaaa.com/GenericSchema" xmlns:esb="http://service.aaaa.com/schemas/ESBHeader" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
- <esb:ESBHeader>
<esb:EnvironmentName>Development</esb:EnvironmentName>
<esb:VersionNbr>1.0</esb:VersionNbr>
- <esb:BusinessEvent>
<esb:TransactionTypeCode>PurchaseOrderFullRfh</esb:TransactionTypeCode> <esbescription>Purchase _Order_Refresh</esbescription>
<esb:Timestamp>2007-11-19 15:49:12</esb:Timestamp>
<esb:TotalRecordCount>34</esb:TotalRecordCount>
<esb:EventID>111</esb:EventID>
</esb:BusinessEvent>
- <esb:SourceSystem>
<esb:ApplicationName>DWA</esb:ApplicationName>
</esb:SourceSystem>
- <esb:RoutingInformation>
- <esb:Type>
<esb:LabelName>Transaction_Type</esb:LabelName>
<esb:RoutingTypeName>Transaction</esb:RoutingTypeName>
<esb:LabelValueText>Purchase_order</esb:LabelValueText>
</esb:Type>
</esb:RoutingInformation>
- <esbatasetInfo>
<esbatasetSizeQty>30</esbatasetSizeQty>
<esb:TotalDatasetCount>2</esb:TotalDatasetCount>
<esbatasetNbr>1</esbatasetNbr>
<esb:KeyField2>1</esb:KeyField2>
</esbatasetInfo>
</esb:ESBHeader>
- <xtd:EBOPayload>
- <xtdata>
<![CDATA[
0000082973|0000000004|QP799-MA|HOL 2002|0000000001|01|0000000002|
0000073994|0000000004|KS754-5A|BAS 9999|0000000092|11|0000000093|
0000081982|0000000004|QP799-VA|HOL 2002|0000000001|01|0000000002|
0000082975|0000000004|QP799-YA|HOL 2002|0000000001|01|0000000002|
]]>
</xtdata>
</xtd:EBOPayload>
</xtd:EBO>


Bascially I need to remove the lines from header to "<![CDATA[" and the lines line from "]]>" to the end.

Please Advise.

Thanks & Regards,
Kumar66

.. and please read Simple rules of the UNIX.COM forums: before posting, especially 5 and 6.

Hi Danmero,

Thanks for your reply . But when I used this command it gives the follwoing error:

sed -i '/^[0-9]/p;d' PurchaseOrderFullRfh.xml

sed: illegal option -- i


Please Advise.

Thanks & Regrads,
Kumar66

You should read man sed for your version, and if -in place is not available use a temporary file.

Hi Danmero,

I used this "sed '/^[0-9]/p;d' salesxml.xml > sales.txt" and it works fine for me . It removes the header and the tralier.
Is this correct or I need to change anything.

Please Advise.

Thanks & Regards,
Kumar66

i think it should work..
why do you want to print it?? if not no need to use 'p' in sed