Search for xml tags in a file - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

tictactoe · #1 09-20-2006

Hi,

I need to search for a pattern like :

<A:UserAttr Name="ACTIVITY_ID">
<A:Value>1111120</A:Value>
</A:UserAttr>

Let us the there is a dir /tmp that contains 5 xml file. each of them multiple above tags in the file. If found all the three line would be together.

Now I have to search for that pattern and if found i am supposed to extract the value i.e 1111120 write to another file.

Is it possible to do this. If so, how?

jim mcnamara · #2 09-20-2006

See if this helps a little:

Code:

sed -n '/A:UserAttr Name="ACTIVITY_ID"/,/A:UserAttr/p' filename

tictactoe · #3 09-20-2006

Thanks, It works!!

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