09-28-2009
Removing leading spaces from the variable value.
Hi All,
I am trying to replace the value of a xml tag with a new one. But, the existing value in the xml contain leading spaces and I tried to remove that with different sed commands but all in vain.
For replacing the value I wrote the command in BOLD letters below:
bash-3.00$ polnum=`grep "<PolNumber>" adi99.xml | sed 's:<PolNumber>::;s:</PolNumber>::' | sed 's/^ *\(.*\) *$/\1/'`
bash-3.00$ echo "PolNumber is:"$polnum
PolNumber is: 109301793
newpol=101101
bash-3.00$ echo "cat adi99.xml | sed -e 's/${polnum}/${newpol}/'"
cat adi99.xml | sed -e 's/"THERE ARE SPACES WHICH ARE GETTING REMOVED HERE ONCE I SAVE IT HERE" 109301793/101101/'
cat adi99.xml
<Holding id="Holding_1">
<Policy id="Policy_1">
<PolNumber>109301793</PolNumber>
</Policy>
</Holding>
Can you please suggest a way to remove these spaces.
Last edited by khedu; 09-28-2009 at 03:44 PM..
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SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
script wrapper for the Data::Stag modules
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ARGUMENTS
-p|parser FORMAT
FORMAT is one of xml, sxpr or itext, or the name of a perl module
this is the class that parsers the input file(s) and generates stag events
xml assumed as default
-w|writer FORMAT
FORMAT is one of xml, sxpr or itext, or the name of a perl module
this is the class that catches the events thrown by the parser; it can be any class, but the class is typically a writer
xml assumed as default
-o|out FILE
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-e|errf FILE
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-errhandler FORMAT/MODULE
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SEE ALSO
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