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12-30-2008

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Sed command to clean xml tag

Hi,
Can someone help me come up with a generic sed command to clean a tag off its attributes?

For eg.
Input String - <tag attrib=new>This String</tag>
should undergo a sed transformation to get
Output String - <tag >This String</tag>

This works -
echo "<tag attrib=new>This</tag>" | sed -e 's/\([^<\/A-Za-z]\)[^>]*>/\1>/g'

<tag >This</tag>

However, the moment i add a space in there - it goes for a toss
echo "<tag attrib=new>This String</tag>" | sed -e 's/\([^<\/A-Za-z]\)[^>]*>/\1>/g'

<tag >This >

Resolved the above issue using a single replace -
echo "<tag attrib=new>This String</tag>" | sed -e 's/\([^<\/A-Za-z]\)[^>]*>/\1>/'

<tag >This String</tag>

However, it does not handle the scenario -
echo " <tag attrib=new>This String</tag>" | sed -e 's/\([^<\/A-Za-z]\)[^>]*>/\1>/'

>This String</tag>

Any inputs on this will be of great help.

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log::agent::tag::string

Agent::Tag::String(3pm) 				User Contributed Perl Documentation				   Agent::Tag::String(3pm)

NAME

       Log::Agent::Tag::String - a constant tag string

SYNOPSIS

	require Log::Agent::Tag::String;
	# Inherits from Log::Agent::Tag.

	my $tag = Log::Agent::Tag::String->make(
	    -name      => "session id",
	    -value     => $session,
	    -postfix   => 1,
	    -separator => " -- ",
	);

DESCRIPTION

       This class represents a constant tag string.

CREATION ROUTINE PARAMETERS

       The following parameters are defined, in alphabetical order:

       "-name" => name
	   The name of this tag.  Currently unused.

       "-postfix" => flag
	   Whether tag should be placed after or before the log message.  By default, it is prepended to the log message, i.e. this parameter is
	   false.

       "-separator" => string
	   The separation string between the tag and the log message.  A single space by default.

       "-value" => string
	   The tag's value.

AUTHOR

       Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com>

SEE ALSO

       Log::Agent::Tag(3), Log::Agent::Message(3).

perl v5.10.0							    2002-03-09						   Agent::Tag::String(3pm)