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# 1  
Old 04-20-2009
Remove sections of a xml file with sed
I've been trying to remove some lines of a xml file that looks like this:

Code:
<parent>
   <child>name1</child>
   <lots_of_other tags></lots_of_other_tags>
</parent>
<parent>
   <child>name2</child>
   <lots_of_other tags></lots_of_other_tags>
</parent>
<parent>
   <child>name3</child>
   <lots_of_other tags></lots_of_other_tags>
</parent>

How can I remove the '<parent>' to '</parent>' section for 'name2' only?
Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 04-20-2009

If, by remove, you mean to extract only that section:

Code:
awk -v RS='</parent>' 'NR == 2 {print $0 RS } '

If you mean to select everything but that section:

Code:
awk -v RS='</parent>' 'NR != 2 {print $0 RS } '

That is a little buggy, but it should give you enough to work with.
# 3  
Old 04-20-2009
That was cool...
This awk command wraps everything inside the <parent> tags:

Code:
awk -v RS='</parent>' 'NR == 2 {print $0 RS } '

But I don't want to print just the second wrap, but the wrap that matches "name2" on it.

How can I do this?
Thanks again!
# 4  
Old 04-20-2009
[indent]
Code:
awk -v RS='</parent>' '/name2/ {print $0 RS } '

[indent]
# 5  
Old 04-20-2009
Ok! Good! And what if I want to print everything but this? Is there a '!' pattern to put somewhere?
# 6  
Old 04-20-2009
Got it, nevermind. I was putting it before the '. The correct is '!.
Thanks by now!
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