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# 1  
Old 03-15-2010
Remove unwanted lines
I have a .xml file, where i need some output. The xml file is like:
Code:
<?******?></ddddd><sssss>234</dfdffsdf><sdhjh>534</dfdfa>.........
/Code

I need the output like:
code
234
534
.
.
.
/code

How can i do it?
# 2  
Old 03-15-2010
try this
Code:
sed -e ’s/<[^>]*>/\n/g’ some.xml

# 3  
Old 03-15-2010
The output is like this:
Code:
234nnnn534nnnn


But i need
Code:
234
534

Please check this.
Last edited by vgersh99; 03-15-2010 at 12:39 PM.. Reason: edited code tags
# 4  
Old 03-15-2010
try the same command provided by chakrapani, only use double-quotes...single quotes is bypassing the "\n" or newline char...
# 5  
Old 03-15-2010
Code:
sed -e "s/<[^>]*>/\\
/g" some.xml

# 6  
Old 03-15-2010
Code:
awk -F"<|>" '{for(i=1;i<NF;i+=2){if($i)print $i}}' file

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