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# 1  
Old 09-19-2011
copying to the end of the line
Hi,
I have a file as such

1 <text1><text2></
2 <text3><text4></
3 <text5><text6></
4 <text7><text8></

I need is so the first bit of text in the line is at the end as its xml so

1 <text1><text2></text1>
2 <text3><text4></text3>
3 <text5><text6></text5>
4 <text7><text8></text7>

Anyone know a way I can do this?

Thanks for any help you can give
# 2  
Old 09-19-2011
Like this?

Code:
echo '<text1><text2></' | awk -F '<' '{print $0$2}'

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legolad
# 3  
Old 09-19-2011
Input:
Code:
$ cat file
1 <text1><text2></
2 <text3><text4></
3 <text5><text6></
4 <text7><text8></

Output:
Code:
$  awk -F '[<.*>]' '{print $0 $2">"}' file
1 <text1><text2></text1>
2 <text3><text4></text3>
3 <text5><text6></text5>
4 <text7><text8></text7>

Guru
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# 4  
Old 09-19-2011
thanks alot the awk one worked a dream Smilie

great work
Smilie
# 5  
Old 09-19-2011
Through Sed..
Code:
sed 's/\([a-z][a-z0-9]*>\).*/&\1/' inputfile

# 6  
Old 09-19-2011
One more question i promise Smilie

I have this

<A="B/C/D"/><E="F" G="H"><![I]]></

and i need to get rid of the last bit <![I]]></ and also move the / from the end of the first <> to the end of the second.

<A="B/C/D"><E="F" G="H"/>

Any help would be much apprenciated Smilie
# 7  
Old 09-19-2011
Code:
echo '<A="B/C/D"/><E="F" G="H"><![I]]></' | sed -e 's#><!\[I]]>.*$#/>#g' -e 's#/>#>#1'
<A="B/C/D"><E="F" G="H"/>

--ahamed
Last edited by ahamed101; 09-19-2011 at 10:55 AM.. Reason: thanks ctsgnb, modified the code to escape only opening braces!
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