hi danmero,

That works with small modification ie print$2 is what i want.

Code:

abc=`awk -F\" -v dir="${i}" '$2~dir{print $2}' input.xml`

can you please explain a little bit about the code?

List filecontains (example)

Code:

dir1/kernel
valid/out

input.xml contains

Code:

<pro name="abc/dir1/kernel" path="dir1/kernel" revision="12345"/>
<pro name="xyz/valid/out" path="valid/out" revision="12345"/>
<pro name="xyz/dir1/Test" path="valid/Test" revision="12345"/>

First check for presence of dir1/kernel if exists remove it else search the string dir1/kernel in input.xml file and get the output as abc/dir1/kernel from <pro name="abc/dir1/kernel" . once i have new or correct path delete dir abc/dir1/kernel.

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Hi danmero,franklin,

Thanks for your help.

it didnt work for the following data:

Code:

<pro name="xyz/dir1/Test" path="valid/Test" revision="12345"/>

List:

Code:

valid/Test

Franklin code with field separator change it worked for all:

Code:

abc=`awk -F\" -v abc="${i}" '$0 ~ abc { print $2 }' input.xml`

instead of

Code:

abc=`awk -F= -v abc="${i}" '$0 ~ abc { print $2 }' input.xml`