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Old 01-21-2016
Enter carriage return in xml file after each tag (> sign)
I have an xml file which is generated in a single line an looks like this

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?><Batch_Id="1999996" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><some data....><some data....>closing lines......




I need to have a separate line after each tag ( > sign), so output should look like this:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
<Batch_Id="1999996" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> 
<some data....>
<some data....>
Closing lines......

I tried this

Code:
sed 's|><|>\n<|g'  test.xml

but it adds char "n" after each ">" sign.


So how do I fix it please??
Last edited by Don Cragun; 01-21-2016 at 08:22 PM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 2  
Old 01-21-2016
You haven't told us what operating system or version of sed you're using. With some versions of sed, what you tried might work. For a portable way to do it that should work with any sed, try:
Code:
sed 's/></>\
</g' test.xml

(where this is nothing but a <newline> character after the backslash (\) at the end of the 1st line).
# 3  
Old 01-21-2016
Hello vx04,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps.
Code:
awk '{gsub(/></,">\n<",$0)} 1'  Input_file

Output will be as follows.
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
<Batch_Id="1999996" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<some data....>
<some data....>

Thanks,
R. Singh
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vx04
# 4  
Old 01-21-2016
Thanks all for replying. Our OS is AIX V7.1.

awk command worked like a charm.
 
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