02-26-2008
delete newline character between html tags
Hi,
I have learned some of the Unix commands a way back and not sure of how to code them when needed in certain way, especially sed command. Here is my situation. I have an xml file with several tags. most of the tags start on the same line and end on the same line. However, data for some tags span into mulitple lines. I would like to bring back that particular tag into one line removing all new lines between them.
Here is an example:
<Report>
<Project>
<Proj_Name>ABC Enhancement</Proj_Name>
<Proj_Type>Mechanical</Proj_Type>
<Proj_Description>Project started on 01/03/2006.
However, it is running behind due to unavailable
Resources</Proj_Description>
<Proj_Hours>123.00</Proj_Hours.
</Project>
<Report>
The above is a sample data. I am looking to remove new line characters only from the lines that spans into multiple lines. Herea is how it should appear after removing new lines.
<Report>
<Project>
<Proj_Name>ABC Enhancement</Proj_Name>
<Proj_Type>Mechanical</Proj_Type>
<Proj_Description>Project started on so and so date.... </Proj_Description>
<Proj_Hours>123.00</Proj_Hours.
</Project>
<Report>
Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Rao
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