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Old 08-09-2013
Help with Script please

I have an xml output like mentioned below:

Code:
result="<RETURN status="FAILED" number="5101">Invalid value for 'add_host_ips' : 192.168.1.55 (not assigned to AG owner). IPs do not exist in the license or user account.</RETURN>"

I just want to isolate status="FAILED" and assign failed to a variable.

Seems simple, but i dont know really well scripting hence unable to do it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Last edited by Scott; 08-09-2013 at 12:03 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 2  
Old 08-09-2013
something like the following, untested, sed regex may need escape fiddling
Code:
status=$(echo $return |sed 's/<.+?status="([^"]+)".+>/\1/')

# 3  
Old 08-09-2013
Thanks for your reply, but the code gives the following error

Thanks a lot for your reply, but the code gives the following error
Code:
sed: -e expression #1, char 29: invalid reference \1 on `s' command's RHS

thanks in advance.

Last edited by Scott; 08-09-2013 at 12:01 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 4  
Old 08-09-2013
Try this
Code:
sed  's/^.*status="\([^"]*\)".*$/\1/'
FAILED

# 5  
Old 08-09-2013
Sorry guys for the trouble; but there is still an error:

Code:
result="<RETURN status="FAILED" number="5101">Invalid value for 'add_host_ips' : 192.168.1.55 (not assigned to AG owner). IPs do not exist in the license or user account.</RETURN>"

Code:
sed 's/^.*status="\([^"]*\)".*$/\1/')
echo $status

Code:
#out put: 

#<RETURN status=FAILED number=5101>Invalid value for 'add_host_ips' : 192.168.1.55 (not assigned to AG owner). IPs do not exist in the license or user account.</RETURN>

---------- Post updated at 09:57 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:55 AM ----------

Code:
result="<RETURN status="FAILED" number="5101">Invalid value for 'add_host_ips' : 192.168.1.55 (not assigned to AG owner). IPs do not exist in the license or user account.</RETURN>"

status=$(echo $result |sed 's/^.*status="\([^"]*\)".*$/\1/')

echo $status


out put:
Code:
<RETURN status=FAILED number=5101>Invalid value for 'add_host_ips' : 192.168.1.55 (not assigned to AG owner). IPs do not exist in the license or user account.</RETURN>


Last edited by Scott; 08-09-2013 at 12:03 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 6  
Old 08-09-2013
Your assignment of the literal value is not being interpreted the way you think it is, the double quotd are being interpreted by the shell.

Try asssgning the value to result from a process directly, or compare to the snippet below:
Code:
result='<RETURN status="FAILED" number="5101">Invalid value for "add_host_ips" : 192.168.1.55 (not assigned to AG owner). IPs do not exist in the license or user account.</RETURN>'
status=$(echo $result|sed 's/^.*status="\([^"]*\)".*$/\1/')
echo $status

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