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Old 06-11-2013
Help me to find a solution using UNIX commands
I have the below requirement. below is the content of the input file and my expected result
Input file: a.txt
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Employee>
 <Name>XXXX</Name>
 <ID>1233</ID>
</Employee>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Employee>
 <Name>YYYY</Name>
 <ID>1345</ID>
</Employee>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Employee>
 <Name>AAAA</Name>
 <ID>1145</ID>
</Employee>

Output File:b.txt
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Employee><Name>XXXX</Name><ID>1233</ID></Employee>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Employee><Name>YYYY</Name><ID>1345</ID></Employee>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Employee><Name>AAAA</Name><ID>1145</ID></Employee>

I am aware that we can acheive the output by using the below perl command
Code:
perl -plne 'BEGIN {$/=""} s/>\s*</></g' a.txt > b.txt

Could some one suggest a way to acheive the same using UNIX commands?

Thanks in Advance
Last edited by Scott; 06-11-2013 at 10:19 AM.. Reason: Use code tags, as stated in the rules and shown IN BIG LETTERS when creating a post.
# 2  
Old 06-11-2013
Code:
awk '{$1=$1}1' ORS="</ID></Employee>\n" RS="</ID>\n</Employee>" file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Employee> <Name>XXXX</Name> <ID>1233</ID></Employee>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Employee> <Name>YYYY</Name> <ID>1345</ID></Employee>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Employee> <Name>AAAA</Name> <ID>1145</ID></Employee>
</ID></Employee>

Last edited by Franklin52; 06-11-2013 at 10:45 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 3  
Old 06-11-2013
Perl is as much of a Unix command today as AWK is. Like Paste.
Code:
$ paste -d"\0" - - - - - < file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Employee> <Name>XXXX</Name> <ID>1233</ID></Employee>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Employee> <Name>YYYY</Name> <ID>1345</ID></Employee>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Employee> <Name>AAAA</Name> <ID>1145</ID></Employee>

Last edited by Scott; 06-11-2013 at 12:47 PM.. Reason: Clarified intention of first sentence.
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