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Old 04-12-2010
Change Hex character strings to HTML entities
Hi!

I am not a whiz at awk and very unsure about the aplication of awk solve my problem. I was hoping for some quick pointers so I can figure this out.

I have a file that looks like so:
Code:
label.Asked=\u8CEA\u554F\u6E08\u307F
button.Edit=\u7DE8\u96C6
data.menu.WorkWeekProfile=<li>\u5E73\u65E5\u30D7<b>\u30ED\u30D5</b>\u30A3\u30FC\u30EB</li>

Now, I want this to be changed into:
Code:
label.Asked=&#x8CEA;&#x554F;&#x6E08;&#x307F;<br />
button.Edit=&#x7DE8;&#x96C6;<br />
data.menu.WorkWeekProfile=<li>&#x5E73;&#x65E5;&#x30D7;<b>&#x30ED;&#x30D5;</b>&#x30A3;&#x30FC;&#x30EB;</li><br />

Notice that I want to change each unicode value to its HTML entity form, while adding a BR tag at the end of each line so it is formatted appropriately in HTML.

A simple find replace does not work since I have to work around already embedded HTML tags. Any help is much apreciated!
Last edited by pinnochio; 04-12-2010 at 05:33 PM.. Reason: Updated source
# 2  
Old 04-12-2010
Why is this line treated differently?

Code:
data.menu.WorkWeekProfile=<li>&#x5E73;&#x65E5;&#x30D7;<b>&#x30ED;&#x30D5;</b>&#x30A3;&#x30FC;&#x30EB;</li><br />

I see that you added additional <li> and <b> tags.
# 3  
Old 04-12-2010
I am so sorry, I just fixed my original post. The source file also has the HTML tags in it.

Quote:
Originally Posted by pinnochio
Hi!
Code:
data.menu.WorkWeekProfile=<li>\u5E73\u65E5\u30D7<b>\u30ED\u30D5</b>\u30A3\u30FC\u30EB</li>

# 4  
Old 04-12-2010
Hello, pinocchio:

Code:
$ cat data
label.Asked=\u8CEA\u554F\u6E08\u307F
button.Edit=\u7DE8\u96C6
data.menu.WorkWeekProfile=<li>\u5E73\u65E5\u30D7<b>\u30ED\u30D5</b>\u30A3\u30FC\u30EB</li>

$ sed 's/\\u\([[:xdigit:]]\{4\}\)/\&#x\1;/g; s/$/<br \/>/' data
label.Asked=&#x8CEA;&#x554F;&#x6E08;&#x307F;<br />
button.Edit=&#x7DE8;&#x96C6;<br />
data.menu.WorkWeekProfile=<li>&#x5E73;&#x65E5;&#x30D7;<b>&#x30ED;&#x30D5;</b>&#x30A3;&#x30FC;&#x30EB;</li><br />

Regards,
Alister
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