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Old 08-14-2018
Moving XML tag/contents after specific XML tag within same file

Hi Forum.

I have an XML file with the following requirement to move the <AdditionalAccountHolders> tag and its content right after the <accountHolderName> tag within the same file but I'm not sure how to accomplish this through a Unix script.

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Before Data:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<holders xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<holder>
<property>
  <accountHolderName>aaa</accountHolderName>
  <payeeName></payeeName>
  <jointAccountRelationshipCode>xx</jointAccountRelationshipCode>
  <accountInstrumentNumber>1234567890</accountInstrumentNumber>
  <balanceType>6</balanceType>
  <dateOfLastTransaction>20071217</dateOfLastTransaction>
  <balanceAmount>4076</balanceAmount>
  <streetAddress1>55 West Road</streetAddress1>
  <streetAddress2></streetAddress2>
  <city>Chilliwack</city>
  <province>BC</province>
  <postalCode>V2L 3S8</postalCode>
  <countryCode>CA</countryCode>   
  <AdditionalAccountHolders>
    <additionalAccountHolderName>bbb</additionalAccountHolderName>
  </AdditionalAccountHolders>
</property>
</holder>

After Data:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<holders xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<holder>
<property>
  <accountHolderName>aaa</accountHolderName>
  <AdditionalAccountHolders>
    <additionalAccountHolderName>bbb</additionalAccountHolderName>
  </AdditionalAccountHolders>
  <payeeName></payeeName>
  <jointAccountRelationshipCode>xx</jointAccountRelationshipCode>
  <accountInstrumentNumber>1234567890</accountInstrumentNumber>
  <balanceType>6</balanceType>
  <dateOfLastTransaction>20071217</dateOfLastTransaction>
  <balanceAmount>4076</balanceAmount>
  <streetAddress1>55 West Road</streetAddress1>
  <streetAddress2></streetAddress2>
  <city>Chilliwack</city>
  <province>BC</province>
  <postalCode>V2L 3S8</postalCode>
  <countryCode>CA</countryCode>   
</property>
</holder>

# 2  
Old 08-14-2018
a bit verbose, but...
Code:
awk '
FNR==NR {
   if (/<AdditionalAccountHolders/) {s=$0;f++;next}
   if (f) s= s ORS $0
   if (/<[/]AdditionalAccountHolders/) f=0
   next
}
/<accountHolderName/ {print $0 ORS s;next}
/<AdditionalAccountHolders/,/<[/]AdditionalAccountHolders/ {next}
1' myXMLfile myXMLfile

OR a bit less verbose:
Code:
awk '
  FNR==NR && /<AdditionalAccountHolders/,/<[/]AdditionalAccountHolders/ {s=(s)?s ORS $0:$0;next}
  /<AdditionalAccountHolders/,/<[/]AdditionalAccountHolders/ {next}
  /<accountHolderName/ {print $0 ORS s;s="";next}
  1' myXMLfile myXMLfile


Last edited by vgersh99; 08-14-2018 at 06:12 PM..
# 3  
Old 08-15-2018
Hi vgersh99.

Thank you for the awk code suggestions. I tried both of your codes with 2 records in my XML file:

1) code#1 doesn't return any records
2) code#2 does return records but it's putting the <AdditionalAccountHolders> information from record#1 into record#2 and record#1 does not have the <AdditionalAccountHolders> tag in the new file. Please see sample data below:

Before Data:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<holders xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<holder>
<property>
  <accountHolderName>aaa</accountHolderName>
  <payeeName></payeeName>
  <jointAccountRelationshipCode>aa</jointAccountRelationshipCode>
  <accountInstrumentNumber>1234567890</accountInstrumentNumber>
  <balanceType>6</balanceType>
  <dateOfLastTransaction>20071217</dateOfLastTransaction>
  <balanceAmount>4076</balanceAmount>
  <streetAddress1>55 West Road</streetAddress1>
  <streetAddress2></streetAddress2>
  <city>Chilliwack</city>
  <province>BC</province>
  <postalCode>V2L 3S8</postalCode>
  <countryCode>CA</countryCode>   
  <AdditionalAccountHolders>
    <additionalAccountHolderName>bbb</additionalAccountHolderName>
  </AdditionalAccountHolders>
</property>
</holder>


<holder>
<property>
  <accountHolderName>ddd</accountHolderName>
  <payeeName></payeeName>
  <jointAccountRelationshipCode>xx</jointAccountRelationshipCode>
  <accountInstrumentNumber>999999990</accountInstrumentNumber>
  <balanceType>6</balanceType>
  <dateOfLastTransaction>20081217</dateOfLastTransaction>
  <balanceAmount>556</balanceAmount>
  <streetAddress1>50 Roadside</streetAddress1>
  <streetAddress2></streetAddress2>
  <city>Ontario</city>
  <province>ON</province>
  <postalCode>P3L 3S8</postalCode>
  <countryCode>CA</countryCode>   
  <AdditionalAccountHolders>
    <additionalAccountHolderName>eee</additionalAccountHolderName>
  </AdditionalAccountHolders>
</property>
</holder>

After Data:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<holders xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<holder>
<property>
  <accountHolderName>aaa</accountHolderName>
  <payeeName></payeeName>
  <jointAccountRelationshipCode>aa</jointAccountRelationshipCode>
  <accountInstrumentNumber>1234567890</accountInstrumentNumber>
  <balanceType>6</balanceType>
  <dateOfLastTransaction>20071217</dateOfLastTransaction>
  <balanceAmount>4076</balanceAmount>
  <streetAddress1>55 West Road</streetAddress1>
  <streetAddress2></streetAddress2>
  <city>Chilliwack</city>
  <province>BC</province>
  <postalCode>V2L 3S8</postalCode>
  <countryCode>CA</countryCode>   
</property>
</holder>


<holder>
<property>
  <accountHolderName>ddd</accountHolderName>
  <AdditionalAccountHolders>
    <additionalAccountHolderName>bbb</additionalAccountHolderName>
  </AdditionalAccountHolders>
  <payeeName></payeeName>
  <jointAccountRelationshipCode>xx</jointAccountRelationshipCode>
  <accountInstrumentNumber>999999990</accountInstrumentNumber>
  <balanceType>6</balanceType>
  <dateOfLastTransaction>20081217</dateOfLastTransaction>
  <balanceAmount>556</balanceAmount>
  <streetAddress1>50 Roadside</streetAddress1>
  <streetAddress2></streetAddress2>
  <city>Ontario</city>
  <province>ON</province>
  <postalCode>P3L 3S8</postalCode>
  <countryCode>CA</countryCode>   
</property>
</holder>

# 4  
Old 08-15-2018
well... your original sample data contained only ONE holder record - not 2 as in the new sample.
You should be more descriptive in the future...
Let me rework the suggestion with the NEW sample.
This User Gave Thanks to vgersh99 For This Post:
# 5  
Old 08-15-2018
My XML file will contain many records - some records will have no holder records and some records may have 1 to 3 holder records.
# 6  
Old 08-15-2018
how about:
Code:
awk '
  /<accountHolderName/ {accH=FNR}
   FNR==NR {
     if (/<AdditionalAccountHolders/) {s[accH]=$0;f++;next}
     if (f) s[accH]= s[accH] ORS $0
     if (/<[/]AdditionalAccountHolders/) f=0
     next
   }
   /<accountHolderName/ {print $0 ORS s[accH];next}
   /<AdditionalAccountHolders/,/<[/]AdditionalAccountHolders/ {next}
   1' myXMLfile myXMLfile

# 7  
Old 08-15-2018
Hello,

XML Block warden speaking here Smilie

The question states that you use XML in an unefficient way. The ordering of an XML file is irrelevant, in terms of standardization undefined, can change spontaneously and with the right tools ordering isn't needed at all.

So scripts, that try to set up an order of elements are likely to break at slightest differences of the XML Layout.

Regards,
Stomp

Update: Some Examples how to read data from that xml file:

Read all accountHolderName Attributes
Code:
xmllint --xpath "//accountHolderName/text()" data.xml

Read all additionalAccountHolderName Attributes
Code:
xmllint --xpath "//additionalAccountHolderName/text()" data.xml

Note

xmllint complains that this data is not valid XML. I added a </holders> tag at the end of your xml-data, to fix it.

Last edited by stomp; 08-15-2018 at 11:53 AM..
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