How to find the tag value in xml file through unix shell script

hussain.s · 11-03-2010, 05:59 AM

Hi,
the below tag is in the xml file. Now i want to find and extract the value of application name test1 and test2 one by one in the unix shell script. how to do this
<application name="test1">
</application>

<application name="test2">
</application>

mesiol · 11-03-2010, 07:39 AM

Hi,

do a

Code:

man grep

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serafean · 11-03-2010, 07:52 AM

grep and sed should do the job (sed to get rid of double quotes).

but if you want a more advanced XML parsing script, then awk is your friend

Serafean