I am trying to generate an XML file from a flatfile in ksh/bash (could also use perl at a pinch, but out of my depth there!).
I have found several good solutions on this very forum for cases where the header line in the file forms the XML tags, however my flatfile is as follows:
So I essentially want the data to be segregated by one of the data columns in the flatfile, rather than just a more straightforward 'header becomes a tag' scenario.
All pointers much appreciated!
*Edit*
Although the data should always be in sequence of the different types, I would be interested to see if it could handle:
I have a file which is fixed width columns. This is an offset buffer - rather than space or tab delimited. There are upto about 8 columns and I need to get all of the column 5's values into another file.
The problem is that because the delimiter is a space - and some fields are blank - the 5th... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am new to unix. I have a flat file that needs to be pgp encyrpted in ASCII format and ftped in Ascii format to remote location.
Can any one tell me the steps involved in the pgp encryption of the unix file. I will really appreciate if any one can help me with the pgp encryption shell... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I need to check a flatfile for various parameters like length of the record, format of record, any tab character present in the record etc.,
for checking presence of tab character, i'm trying to use the following code and i'm not sure if the same is right. Pls Help.
nawk '{print... (1 Reply)
I have a set of flatfiles which have columns delimited by #. How can a particular column be deleted in all the flatfiles. All flatfiles have same number of columns. (5 Replies)
Hi all,
Am looking for a way to generate XML based on XSDs so that the final XML need not be validated against the XSDs again.
Here is the part of the XSD
<xsd:element name="first_element">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="val"/>
</xsd:sequence>
... (0 Replies)
Hi all,
Have to generate an xml having information related to files in the directory
Suppose i have file
file1.xml (datafile)
file2.xml (datafile)
file3.xml (metafile)
Now i need to generate an xml in the format >>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<AuditFile Version="2.0">... (8 Replies)
Hi,
I have the below script to check the count of delimeters for a file (here is File : test.csv Delimeter is ",")
awk '{gsub(/"*"/,x);print gsub(/,/,x)}' test.csv
And it return the output for each line as:
2
2
cat test.csv:
abc,xyz
"abc,zxyz",1
I need help one the below things:
- IS... (8 Replies)
Hi,
I am writing one unix script to get row count of few tables into one sequential file
my script is like this
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus -s <<EOF >output.txt
userid/password@databasename
set verify off
set heading off
set feedback off
select count(*) count from tablel where ;
select... (4 Replies)
I am trying to parse a file that looks like the below:
There are thousands of lines like the above and the file is expected to run into hundreds of thousands.
The issue i have is the mixed format of the file. If it was just an xmlfile, i would use an xmllint to parse the file. Now, i am... (11 Replies)
i have a unix script which generates the csv file. the data in csv file is dynamic. how can i convert/move the data from csv file to xml. please suggest (1 Reply)
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surfraw-update-path
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surfraw-update-path - updates PATH in shell config files
SYNOPSIS
surfraw-update-path [-add] [-remove] [-check] [-sys] [-all] [-help] [-shell=SHELL]
DESCRIPTION
surfraw-update-path adds the surfraw elvi directory (/usr/lib/surfraw) to your PATH in your shell's config file.
Currently it supports bash, sh, csh, tcsh, ash, dash, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es
Don't forget to login again or source your login files for it to take effect.
OPTIONS -check
Checks to see if the surfraw config code is present. This is the default.
-add
Adds the surfraw config code.
-remove
Removes the surfraw config code
-sys
Updates the system-wide shell config instead of the user. Must be done as root.
-shell=SHELL
Selects the shell to configure. Defaults to the value of the $SHELL environment variable.
Currently supported shells are:
sh, ash, bash, dash, csh, tcsh, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es.
-all
Attempts to configure the startup files for all known shells
-help
Gives a usage message
RETURN VALUE -check returns 0 if the surfraw code is present in the file, 1 if it is not found, or 2 on error.
All other options return 0 on success, or 2 on error.
ENVIRONMENT
SHELL
Used to determine which shell to configure, if -shell is not given.
HOME
Used to find users config files.
ENV Used by posix-compliant shells to specify a startup rc file.
ZDOTDIR
Used to find user config files for zsh. If not set, defaults to HOME.
SEE ALSO surfraw(1), sh(1), ash(1), bash(1), dash(1), csh(1), tcsh(1), ksh(1), pdksh(1), zsh(1), rc(1), es(1)AUTHOR
Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net>
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