Shell Programming and Scripting

Here's one way to do it using Perl:

Code:

$
$ cat file1
<key='data1'>
<String>abcdef</String>
<String>abcdef1</String>
<String>abcdef2</String>
</key>
<key='data2'>
<String>ABCDEF</String>
<String>ABCDEF1</String>
<String>ABCDEF2</String>
<String>ABCDEF3</String>
</key>
$
$ perl -ne 'print $1,"\n" if $_ =~ m/data1/i...m/\/key/i and />(.*)</' file1
abcdef
abcdef1
abcdef2
$
$

tyler_durden

I tried the following code, however it doesnt seem to work


open (FILE, "/path/dump.xml") || die ("Can't open dump.xml\n");
while (<FILE>)
{
#$sentence=~/data1/ - option1
$sentence="<key='data1'>"
#$sentence = "<key='data1'>" - option1
if($sentence eq "<key='data1'>")
{
sed -e 's/\(<[^<][^<]*>\)//g; /^$/d' dump.xml
}
else
{
print 'no match';
}
}

I am getting the following error but not able to figure out where the mistake is

syntax error at sed.pl line 9, near ")
{"
Execution of sed.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

Appreciate any help.

Well, you have put a sed command in what looks like a Perl script.

It's like adding a COBOL statement in a Java program.
Or a Visual Basic statement in a C program.

What do you think would happen ?

tyler_durden

You said you finally got it working.
What was wrong and what did you fix?
Can you give details?

Now try this

Code:

sed '1,/<\/key>/! d; s/\(<[^<][^<]*>\)//g; /^$/d;' file.xml