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Old 06-30-2010
Question XML and UNix ???
Hello Everyone!!!

I have a list of XML files, in different directories, the structure for which is:
Code:
<Data>
           <Info>
                    <a> some text </a>
                    <b> some text </b>
                    <c> 3000 </c>
           </Info>
           <Info>
                    <a> some text </a>
                    <b> some text </b>
                    <c> 3000 </c>
           </Info>
           <Info>
                    <a> some text </a>
                    <b> some text </b>
                    <c> 3000 </c>
           </Info>
<Data>

I have many of these xml files in a directory structure like :

/abc/001/info.xml
/abc/002/info.xml
/abc/003/info.xml
/abc/004/info.xml

The value for node <c> 3000 </c> is same in one file, but is different for each individual file. For example:
Code:
/abc/001/info.xml  ---------> <c>3000</c> every time it appears in the file
/abc/002/info.xml  ---------> <c>4000</c> every time it appears in the file
and so on

I want to find this <c> node's value for all the files.
Is it possible to just write/display this value (which appears multiple times in a file) once????

Thanks!
Last edited by ad23; 06-30-2010 at 05:12 PM..
# 2  
Old 06-30-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by ad23
...
The value for node <c> 3000 </c> is same in one file, but is different for each individual file. For example:
Code:
/abc/001/info.xml  ---------> <c>3000</c> every time it appears in the file
/abc/002/info.xml  ---------> <c>4000</c> every time it appears in the file
and so on

I want to find this <c> node's value for all the files.
Is it possible to just write/display this value (which appears multiple times in a file) once????
...
Code:
$ 
$ 
$ # find all files called "info.xml" under the subdirectory "abc"
$ find abc -name "info.xml"
abc/002/info.xml
abc/003/info.xml
abc/001/info.xml
abc/004/info.xml
$ 
$ # grep "<c>" tag in all those files and show 1 match at the most
$ find abc -name "info.xml" | xargs grep -m1 "<c>.*</c>"
abc/002/info.xml:                    <c> 3000 </c>
abc/003/info.xml:                    <c> 3000 </c>
abc/001/info.xml:                    <c> 3000 </c>
abc/004/info.xml:                    <c> 3000 </c>
$ 
$

tyler_durden
# 3  
Old 07-01-2010
That worked!!!
Thank you!!!
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