[Grep,Awk,Sed]Parsing text between XML tags.
 

Hello, I have a little problem with my bash script, I need to get all text between those blue XML tags with awk,sed or grep.

I have tried several different approaches but I can only get text between tags if those tags are in the same line like this:
But if those tags are in different lines I do not know how to make it work:
Any hints ?

TIA,

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Ooops.
Sorry, I found solution for this one :o

Oh dear...

You, my friend, just solved one of my biggest problem. I had a task to find RewriteRules from very complex Apache config (huge amount virtualhosts, but few needed, with gigantic rewriterule sets within).

I really do appreciate that you send this information about solving your problem...
It is not common (what a pity) that people share their solutions.

Thank you VERY MUCH!

I had data where the open and close tags could be on multiple lines or on the same line but no nested tags. This solution using awk worked

awk -F'[<|>]' '/Testcase/{print $3}

Hello,

i have a similar problem, where i want to check the data between the 2 tags <filesystem_section> </filesystem_section> and check the value: if delete_file filetype="File" then replace the values of
copy_file filetype="New_File1" and
set_file_attributes filetype="New_File2" . <filesystem_section> </filesystem_section> tags exist mutiple times. how we can we do this?

Thanks

Neither sed nor grep alone or in combination are up to the task. Awk might give you a fighting chance, but is not ideal.

Use Perl and one of the mature XML parsers written for it. Search CPAN for details. Don't try to re-invent that particular wheel unless you're convinced that you can improve upon it (and since you're asking the question here, that seems unlikely).

--- rod.