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Old 08-03-2010
Replace a string within 2 points and save it
I've got this xml file

Code:
<file1>
some text here
</file1>

<file2>
some text here
</file2>

How do I change the text in element file1 to a sentence that I want, defined by variable $sentence. using ksh here.
Last edited by vgersh99; 08-03-2010 at 04:36 PM.. Reason: fixed code tags
# 2  
Old 08-04-2010
Try this,

Code:
mark=0;
sentence="Replace the text"

while read line
do
        if [ "$line" == "<file1>" ] ;then
                echo $line
                mark=1;
        elif [ "$line" == "</file1>" ] ;then
                echo $line
                mark=0;
        elif [ $mark -eq 1 ] ;then
                echo $sentence
        else
                echo $line
        fi


done < "file"

# 3  
Old 08-04-2010
Another approach:
Code:
awk -v s="New line" '
/<file1>/{print $0 RS s;f=1}
/<\/file1>/{f=0}
!f' file

 
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