Questions tagged [xml]
A simple, very flexible text format that stands for eXtensible Markup Language.
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Trying to read XML attributes from multiple files and replacing them with a number 1.25 times greater than they were before
I am trying to write a bash script or something similar, that I can use to modify all occurrences in a bunch of xml files with one click. I have 24 xml files, each containing a few dozen lines and ...
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Limit libvirt lxc container filesystem size
I'm running an lxc container through libvirt.
First I've created a container with lxc-create -n test-container -t download -- -d ubuntu -r focal -a amd64
Then I create a new virsh guest with virsh -c ...
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AIX - Using Sed To Replace A String In A File
On RHEL, I am able to utilize the sed -i command to replace a string within a file, however, on AIX, it seems like the same -i parameter cannot be used.
I have a file called abc.xml that contains the ...
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Bash script to parse XML color file
I have an XML color file that I want to transform to a Kotlin equivalent. Given this input file
colors.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
&...
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How to filter multiline with awk, grep and/or powershell
My scenario is I have a file that has the contents looking like this but longer. https://pastebin.com/q33wFdAX
I need to remove each occurrence of
<category>Games</category>
</...
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How do I replace a certain pattern in multiple files?
My goal to update version number in multiple XML file like following
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Component xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata&...
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Removing malformed elements in XML file using bash script
I have been querying large numbers of records from a database which returns the records in XML format. Occasionally, query errors will cause malformed records to be written which take the form of ...
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Shell script to remove child xml tags conditionally
I have a xml file having following content.
<contracts>
<clients>
<client>
<name>Nicol</name>
<clientRef>123</clientRef>
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Match the pattern and if the pattern is found then comment the tag based on line number
I have the input XML file which looks like below
INPUT XML FILE
<Formula>
<Name>Total Hate Fee</Name>
<Code>1234>
<Job>BO</Job>
<Type>sub</Type>
</...
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sed giving me this error: … unknown command: `
I have code which will replace the xml tag at a particular line number
LineNum=`grep -n "Deep" file.xml | cut -d: -f 1 | awk -F '[\t]' '{$NF = $NF -1;}1'`
sed "${LineNum}s#^<...
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Getting syntax error exception for “expr”
I have an xml file which looks like below
INPUT XML FILE
<ReconSummary>
<entryName>Total Deep</entryName>
<Code>777</Code>
<License>L</License>
<Tran>...
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Replace Tag of and xml file after pattern matching using shell
I have an input xml file like below
INPUT FILE
<ReconSummary>
<entryName>Total Deep</entryName>
<Code>777</Code>
<License>L</License>
<Tran>H20</Tran&...
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search and replace with sed special character
I need to perform search and replace using sed.
starting from this sample text for example :
<TextView
android:textSize="20.0sp"
android:...
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xmlstarlet select iteratively multiple occurences of same tag
I am trying to select attribute values within multiple occurrences of same tag using xmlstarlet within a for loop ,but the $i in the iteration is not taking value as expected , I am referencing it as &...
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awk: change line to itself parsed with command. Multiline text
I'm trying to answer a question. It involves using the command recode. A specific line has to be parsed by the command leaving the rest untouched. The file is an xml file. Example:
<ITEM_ID>...
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sed XML parse select text between tags with special characters while deleting other blocks
I am trying to parse an XML which consists of blocks between <JOB> and </JOB> , I am parsing within a do while loop , while reading the block between <JOB> and </JOB> , I am ...
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Use xmlstarlet to remove an entire element that matches an attribute value?
My question is similar to sed - Delete XML node containing certain element - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange. Trying to implement the suggestions there has kept me busy all day, but I haven't managed ...
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How to locate a file created through the eXist-db database tool eXide?
I'm trying to find a specific file: note.xml which eXide would seem to have saved. Where is it?
I've tried:
sudo find / -iname \*.xml | grep note
and a few varieties. Perhaps it's not "saved&...
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How to extract specific node values without travesing via xmlstarlet
<xml>
<email>asdadw@cutshort.io</email>
<email>sadfasd@cutshort.io</email>
<email>asdas@cutshort.io</email>
<host>
<ip>56....
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How to extract mutliple text lines within xml file by using grep and/or sed
I am trying to extract some lines within a <w:t> tag in front and </w:t> tag at the end of the text I want, but im only getting the text within last tags and not the others. How can i do ...
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Awk File processing to get last processed weekday
My application which does processing based on input XML's, processes the input files and adds the status to status_file.txt after processing.
I am writing a script to identify the last processed day ...
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Variables inside heredoc with multiple files
I have a heredoc with xml content, and I add the content of another file like this:
bar file:
<bar>
$baz
</bar>
the script:
bar=$(cat bar.xml)
# this would be the ideal, of course it ...
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Run a new nmap based on masscan XML output
I'm scanning a entire network with masscan (because it is faster than nmap) and outputing to XML.
There is a way to start an nmap based on the XML output?
The idea is:
Masscan scan the entire network ...
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how to search and replace PATH element with SED of xml file in bash
I would like to replace the current element inside example path tag from:
...
<examples>
<example path='/test/test123/test12345.txt'/>
<examples>
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to
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<examples>
<...
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Identify empty VALUE in XML files and return exit command? [closed]
For instance, I have an XML file with the below content and the "NAME" Author and Assignee(s) have empty "VALUE". The main aim is to implement a check that can be applied to find ...
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Using sed to replace substrings between specific tags
I want to combine two sed command in one and really don't know how to do it, I've tried multiple things without success.
For the result I want all slash between a specific tag to be replaced with ...
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How to find and replace string having numbers with another string having number
I have an xml tag like <bestAddressLine4></bestAddressLine4>. I want to convert that to <bestAddressLine4 />
I am using below command but it is not working.
sed -i 's/<...
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pdf with form and send mail button that does not work in gnome
I have this pdf form to be filled anytime I need an additional and temporary worker in my restaurant (for example, an additional waiter). The PDF has been created by the government working agency and ...
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How to insert a newline character after each occurrence of a specific XML tag in a file?
How to insert a newline character after each occurrence of a specific XML tag in a file?
My file has multiple tags </Data> and I want to insert a NewLine character after each </Data> tag
I'...
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Read a word in XML between elements using sed command
I want to read a word between two xml elements using sed command.
For e.g. in below xml, I want to read the number 1234567.
<ns1:account>
<ns2:name>Corporation</ns2:name>
&...
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Is it possible to require both glob and magic specified in mimetype definition?
Given the following freedesktop shared-mime-info file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info&...
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Find xml tag and replace the text inside the tag to a parameter value multiple occurrences
Find a specific xml tag and replace the text inside tags to some parameterized value. Multiple occurrences need to be replaced.
Sample file content:
<a>abc</a>
Current attempt:
sed -i &...
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sed XML Starting from line x, return the line number of the next occurence
I am deleting sections of tags from an XML and need to find the end tag to stop at.
Example XML
<SearchPattern>
<something></something>
</SearchPattern>
<OtherTag>&...
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sed remove lines in range
I have an xml file. I am trying to remove only the blank lines from a range of lines. In this example I want to check lines 55-57 and remove any blank lines.
This needs to be done in a shell script ...
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How to install BaseX on CentOS?
How do I install basex on CentOS?
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ sudo yum install basex
Last metadata expiration check: 0:16:02 ago on Mon 15 Jun 2020 05:19:44 PM PDT.
No match for ...
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Removing spaces and double quotes between XML tags
I would like to remove spaces and quotes from the value of XML tag <ns:tag2> in my XML file on Linux(spaces to be removed only for this tag not other places).
Sample XML content looks like ...
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How to comment out contents in xml file using sed?
I am creating a bash script to setup tomcat server. I need to comment some contents from context.xml file. I tried with sed but not able match the contents.
Here is full context.xml file:
<?xml ...
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Replace underline in multiple XML files
In a directory with several XML files (there may be hundreds of files) I have a field called <import_url>. In this field it can happen that a URL has an underscore.
I would like this underscore ...
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XML Data to CSV
Need some quick help as I am not able to get the desired output:
2020-05-19 19:03:07,135 INFO [Container : 8504] [HttpUtil.java]requestXML: <?xml version="1.0"? ><COMMAND><TYPE>...
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How to extract specific string from web url using sed command with curl command
Using Linux server
I have a URL which generates the below data:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/seriessnapshot.xsl"?>
<timeSeries>
<series ...
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Linux remove a occurrence of sentence from a file and add add start and end
I have a script that curl a command to sms gateway to send sms and get xml as response. Each response are appended to a single file for future xsltproc process for creating csv.
A single response is ...
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How to convert curl response xml to plain/csv/xls for a total count
I have a script that send sms for a trigger using a sms gateway. The command to send sms used is curl as below:
curl 'http://www.example.com/push/server.php?user=******&pass=*******&sid=******...
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Replace text in file with multiline string
I have an XML file containing, amongst other lines, <asd>blablabla</asd> and
<dsa>-some stuff
-other stuff
final stuff.</dsa>
I want to replace everything between the "asd" ...
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How to Search XML Block and Delete the same
This is my XML.
<configGroup>
<type>SERVER_CONFIG</type>
<configProperty id="Server48">
<configProperty>
<name>Server Name</name>
<...
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I want to add a namespace prefix to the tags of the default name space of an XML document from the shell
I have a SVG file, which is an XML document:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<svg
xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
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Split file based on beginning and end XML tag
Can split be used to split a file into multiple segments where the size of each segment is based on the number of matches of an XML element ?
For example for below XML split when encounters of "<...
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Insert lines after character
I have data in a long lined file example:
<currency>USD</currency><amount>111</amount><amountf>111/amountf><recv_confirms>2</recv_confirms><fee>22&...
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Reading .xml files and writing out the information in a .txt file
I want to download river runoff (.xml) files from a ChartServer online and create a .txt file with the information by running a .sh script.
But I'm having difficulty in getting the data out in the ...
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Fetching the string inside single quote
<source file='/home/anpham/Projects/vm-builder/30G'/>
I tried to use sed command to extract the absolute path from the output above but the output doesn't trim the string.
The following ...
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Reading XML and extract only value [duplicate]
What is the easiest way to extract just the value set in a XML file? For example the data in the XML file is
<node name="host">
<map>
<entry key="cipher_strength" value="low" /&...
