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From: Hermann Peifer on 24 Jun 2010 10:53 On 24/06/2010 14:00, Thorsten Hofrichter wrote: > On Jun 23, 6:27 pm, Janis Papanagnou<janis_papanag...(a)hotmail.com> > wrote: >> On 23/06/10 20:09, Thorsten Hofrichter wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> I need some help trying to find an easy way to do this. Can use either >>> sed/awk/perl , dont really care. : >>> I have a file with some data in it , Lets call it abc.txt >>> Then I have another file ( XML format ) , and would like to find a >>> pattern and insert abc.txt in it . >> >>> For example : >>> abc.txt contains : >>> <abc>This is a test</abc> >> >>> original.xml : >>> <properties> >>> <abc>This is 1</abc> >>> <abc>This is 2</abc> >>> </properties> >> >>> I want to insert abc.txt somewhere in the properties. I want the >>> result to be this.. ( I dont care if it is first, second , or last >>> entry ) : >>> <properties> >>> <abc>This is a test</abc> >>> <abc>This is 1</abc> >>> <abc>This is 2</abc> >>> </properties> >> >>> Any help would be great. Thanks >> >> Hmm... - I hope there's no hidden requirements; given a fixed and well >> formatted data like the above, this sounds not too complicated. >> >> awk ' >> NR==FNR { x=$0 ; next } >> f { print " "x ; f=0 } >> /<properties>/ {f=1} >> { print } >> ' abc.txt original.xml >> >> Or if the file abc.txt contains more than one line, one possibility is >> >> awk ' >> NR==FNR { n=NR ; x[n]=$0 ; next } >> f { for(i=1; i<=n; i++) print " "x[i] ; f=0 } >> /<properties>/ {f=1} >> { print } >> ' abc.txt original.xml >> > > This is so close... The only issue is that I multiple<properties> in > the file. I should have mentioned that . I oversimplified my example. > How do I make it add it only for the first<properties> it finds. > So start file looks like > <properties> > <abc>This is 1</abc> > <abc>This is 2</abc> > </properties> > <properties> > <def>Line 1</def> > <def>Line 2</def> > </properties> You could simply make a small change in this line: /<properties>/ && ++cnt == 1 {f=1} You should also be aware that XML data processing with sed, awk, etc. in more a hack than a sustainable solution. Hermann
From: Rakesh Sharma on 25 Jun 2010 07:55
On Jun 24, 5:01 pm, Thorsten Hofrichter <thh...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > This is so close... The only issue is that I multiple <properties> in > the file. I should have mentioned that . I oversimplified my example. > How do I make it add it only for the first <properties> it finds. > So start file looks like > <properties> > <abc>This is 1</abc> > <abc>This is 2</abc> > </properties> > <properties> > <def>Line 1</def> > <def>Line 2</def> > </properties> Try this: sed -e ' /<properties>/!b r abc.txt :loop n bloop ' yourxmlfile |