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Old 12-23-2016
Extract a value from an xml file
I have this XML file format and all in one line:

Code:
Fri Dec 23 00:14:52 2016 Logged Message:689|<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><PORT_RESPONSE><HEADER><ORIGINATOR>XMG</ORIGINATOR><DESTINAT
ION>ENSEMBLE</DESTINATION><MESSAGE_ID>NXT107349698</MESSAGE_ID><MSGTYPE>PRI</MSGTYPE><TIMESTAMP>12232016061452</TIMESTAMP></HEADER><ADMIN><WIC
IS_REL_NO>5.0.0</WICIS_REL_NO><NNSP>9664</NNSP><OLSP>6529</OLSP><ONSP>6529</ONSP><REQ_NO>6664016358514349</REQ_NO><VER_ID_REQ>00</VER_ID_REQ><
VER_ID_RESP>00</VER_ID_RESP><RT>C</RT><RESP_NO>652901635838480144</RESP_NO><CD_TSENT>122220160614</CD_TSENT><REP>Port Center</REP><TEL_NO_REP>
000-207-8009</TEL_NO_REP><CHC></CHC><DD_T>122320160909</DD_T><NPQTY>00001</NPQTY></ADMIN><LINE_DATA><PORTED_NUM>990-799-1234</PORTED_NUM></LIN
E_DATA></PORT_RESPONSE>

How can I write a script to extract only the value 990-799-1234 which is the value for PORTED_NUM and store in a field.

I am using solaris 10 Unix box.



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# 2  
Old 12-23-2016
WHERE to store that number? Try
Code:
awk  'match ($0, /<PORTED_NUM>[0-9-]*<\/PORTED_NUM>/) {print substr ($0, RSTART+12, RLENGTH-25)}' file
990-799-1234

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Old 12-23-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
WHERE to store that number? Try
Code:
awk  'match ($0, /<PORTED_NUM>[0-9-]*<\/PORTED_NUM>/) {print substr ($0, RSTART+12, RLENGTH-25)}' file
990-799-1234

Getting the following errors:

awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
# 4  
Old 12-23-2016
Please, try the following:

Code:
perl -nle '/<PORTED_NUM>([\d-]*)</ and print $1' mrn6430.xml

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Old 12-23-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrn6430
Getting the following errors:
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
Hello mrn6430,

Kindly change awk to nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk and then it should fly.

Thanks,
R. Singh
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Old 12-23-2016
Hi,

I have some package here on my debian box which is called xml-twig-tools containing a program called xml_grep(a perl script) . I'm sure there are a bunch of xml-tools out there. I think within Solaris it would require to download some Perl Modules from CPAN for you and getting the script from here: xml_grep - search.cpan.org

With this tool I can do the following:

Code:
 xml_grep //PORTED_NUM --text_only your-file.xml

Output:
Code:
990-799-1234

or with xmlstarlet(a lot faster than the perl script, there's a package available for solaris) some compiled binary:
Code:
xmlstarlet sel -t -v //PORTED_NUM your-file.xml

If this is only a one-shot thing, you'll be better of with above awk or perl tips, since you do not have to fiddle with any installation. If you have more often to deal with XML those xmltools will help be a lot easier to handle.
Last edited by stomp; 12-23-2016 at 07:04 PM.. Reason: shortened xmlstarlet/xml_grep call with XPATH global search Pattern //
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# 7  
Old 12-23-2016
Hi,

IMO, if it is xml file with proper xml syntax then xmllint is better choice.

Read man xmllint for detailed information.

Code:
echo "cat //*[local-name()='PORT_RESPONSE']/*[local-name()='LINE_DATA']/*[local-name()='PORTED_NUM']/text()" | xmllint --shell input.xml | sed -e '/^\//d'

Gives desired output:
Quote:
990-799-1234
I removed
Quote:
Fri Dec 23 00:14:52 2016 Logged Message:689|
due to xml parser error,
Quote:
parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found
Fri Dec 23 00:14:52 2016 Logged Message:689|<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"
^
I tried below xml content in single line.( unlike post #1 thrown errors when checked for xml syntax using xmllint )

Simulated file content:
Code:
cat input.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><PORT_RESPONSE><HEADER><ORIGINATOR>XMG</ORIGINATOR><DESTINATION>ENSEMBLE</DESTINATION><MESSAGE_ID>NXT107349698</MESSAGE_ID><MSGTYPE>PRI</MSGTYPE><TIMESTAMP>12232016061452</TIMESTAMP></HEADER><ADMIN><WICIS_REL_NO>5.0.0</WICIS_REL_NO><NNSP>9664</NNSP><OLSP>6529</OLSP><ONSP>6529</ONSP><REQ_NO>6664016358514349</REQ_NO><VER_ID_REQ>00</VER_ID_REQ><VER_ID_RESP>00</VER_ID_RESP><RT>C</RT><RESP_NO>652901635838480144</RESP_NO><CD_TSENT>122220160614</CD_TSENT><REP>Port Center</REP><TEL_NO_REP>000-207-8009</TEL_NO_REP><CHC></CHC><DD_T>122320160909</DD_T><NPQTY>00001</NPQTY></ADMIN><LINE_DATA><PORTED_NUM>990-799-1234</PORTED_NUM></LINE_DATA></PORT_RESPONSE>

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