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# 1  
Old 04-18-2011
Readline Formatting
Hi All,

I have a function that loops through an XML file line by line and spits it the content out to a new file (sometimes certain lines need changing). This all works fine, however the formatting of the original XML is not kept.

for example:-

Code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mysqldump>
<database name="mDb" Ver="1.0">
    <table name="versionTable">
        <row>
            <field name="Version">1.0</field>
        </row>
    </table>

is output like..

Code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mysqldump>
<database name="mDb" Ver="1.0">
<table name="versionTable">
<row>
<field name="Version">1.0</field>
</row>
</table>

Here is the snippet of my script which handles the output..
Code:
while read line
do
    echo "$line" >> newfile.xml
done < "${xmlfile}"

Could anyone tell me of a way to keep the original formatting!

Thanks,

Rob.
# 2  
Old 04-18-2011
You need to post all the code lines that operate on $line variable.
# 3  
Old 04-18-2011
Try to unset the IFS:
Code:
while IFS= read line
do
    echo "$line" >> newfile.xml
done < "${xmlfile}"

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# 4  
Old 04-18-2011
Thanks Franklin52, this was exactly what i needed.
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