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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting SED remove line feed and add to certain area Post 302356431 by danmero on Friday 25th of September 2009 03:21:51 PM
Old 09-25-2009
  1. Use a different awk, works for me using
    Code:
    # awk --version
awk version 20070501 (FreeBSD)

  2. Fix your second xml file or find the workaround by yourself, my solution works for original data sample.
    Code:
    # cat file
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<AUDITRECORDS>
<CARF>
<HED>
<VN1>20090616010622</VN1>
<VN2>0</VN2>
<VN3>1090</VN3>
<VN4>CONFIG_DATA</VN4>
<VN5>20090616010622</VN5>
<VN6>0</VN6>
<VN7>1090</VN7>
</HED>
</CARF>
<CARF>
<HED>
<VN1>20090616010651</VN1>
<VN2>0</VN2>
<VN3>1130</VN3>
<VN4>11LOWE</VN4>
<VN5>20090616010651</VN5>
<VN6>0</VN6>
<VN7>1130</VN7>
</HED>
</CARF>
</AUDITRECORDS>
# awk -F'[<|>]' '{ORS=($2 ~ "xml\|AUDITRECORDS\|\/CARF")?RS:OFS}1' OFS="" file
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<AUDITRECORDS>
<CARF><HED><VN1>20090616010622</VN1><VN2>0</VN2><VN3>1090</VN3><VN4>CONFIG_DATA</VN4><VN5>20090616010622</VN5><VN6>0</VN6><VN7>1090</VN7></HED></CARF>
<CARF><HED><VN1>20090616010651</VN1><VN2>0</VN2><VN3>1130</VN3><VN4>11LOWE</VN4><VN5>20090616010651</VN5><VN6>0</VN6><VN7>1130</VN7></HED></CARF>
</AUDITRECORDS>



---------- Post updated at 03:21 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:10 PM ----------

When I try to reply to your second post i seen the original file format Smilie .... PLEASE read the Forum Rules and Guidelines and use [code] tags when you post data sample or code.

Code:
# cat f1.xml
<?xml version="1.0" ?><AUDITRECORDS>
   <CARF>
      <HED>
         <VN1>20090616010622</VN1>
         <VN2>0</VN2>
         <VN3>1090</VN3>
         <VN4>CONFIG_DATA</VN4>
         <VN5>20090616010622</VN5>
         <VN6>0</VN6>
         <VN7>1090</VN7>
      </HED>
   </CARF>
   <CARF>
      <HED>
         <VN1>20090616010651</VN1>
         <VN2>0</VN2>
         <VN3>1130</VN3>
         <VN4>11LOWE</VN4>
         <VN5>20090616010651</VN5>
         <VN6>0</VN6>
         <VN7>1130</VN7>
      </HED>
   </CARF>
</AUDITRECORDS>

# awk -F'[<|>]' '{sub(/^[ \t]+/, "");gsub("><",">\n<");ORS=($2~"xml\|AUDITRECORDS\|\/CARF")?RS:OFS}1' OFS="" file.xml
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<AUDITRECORDS>
<CARF><HED><VN1>20090616010622</VN1><VN2>0</VN2><VN3>1090</VN3><VN4>CONFIG_DATA</VN4><VN5>20090616010622</VN5><VN6>0</VN6><VN7>1090</VN7></HED></CARF>
<CARF><HED><VN1>20090616010651</VN1><VN2>0</VN2><VN3>1130</VN3><VN4>11LOWE</VN4><VN5>20090616010651</VN5><VN6>0</VN6><VN7>1130</VN7></HED></CARF>
</AUDITRECORDS>

Last edited by danmero; 09-25-2009 at 02:32 PM.. Reason: Fix spelling
 

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