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Parse txt file on basis of occurrence of a tag in Linux
I am trying to parse a txt file containing xml "messages"in linux, something like this <Document abc xyz .....> <hji> xyz </hji> </Document> <Document abc xyz ........
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Extract IP:PORT from a curl output
I want to get list ip:port from the curl output of curl https://www.gametracker.com/search/?sort=5&order=ASC I cannot post the whole output as it is very big, just posting the part from where we ...
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Extracting SMS data from a XML
I have a large xml file of my SMS messages. I want to put them into an easily accessible csv format. I've been trying to extract the 'address', 'messageBody' and 'messageTime' sections specifically ...
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Getting specific entries of a log file using awk
I'm currently trying to use awk to grab items from massive log files matching specific criteria. Essentially, I need to be able to pull the entire command, marked by a transaction ID, based on ...
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How may I replace a string in an XML file?
I am trying to replace the string inside an XML file. From <hello="value" exampleno="xxxx:yyyyyyyy/dd=eeeee-ffffff,aa=bb ccc,dd=eeee,ff=gggg,hh=iii,jj=kkk,ll=mmmm" /> I want ...
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Identify strings between patterns and print entire region between pattern if string is found. Perferably using awk
There are similar questions but none of them quite address the issue I have. Simply put, I need to print every block that contains any string I'm looking for. Each block start line contains: <entry ...
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I need to update a tag <abc><\abc> with variables from another file. Output should be an xml file with all those values comma separated within abc tag
I need help updating an xml file, file1.xml which has a tag name <abc> <\abc>. The file2.txt has numbers fixed length numbers (1 number in each row): 1234 5678 1435 I need output to a ...
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Extracting sea level pressure from KML using Shell
I'm currently working on a little project; in a kml file called weatherdata.kml, I would like to extract the sea level pressure for each <Placemark> element. I'm trying to parse the information ...
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Arrange code blocks sections based on dates and months
I have a file with repeated contents like this; <item> <date>August 24, 2021</date> <p>Text</p> </item> <item> <date>February 11, 2020</...
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Sorting an XML file in UNIX with a Bash script?
I am trying to sort my XML file that looks like this by alphabetical order. This is a part of a larger bash script so it needs to work within that script: <Module> <Settings> &...
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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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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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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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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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