Hi,

I'm having a problem searching through an XML file to find some different data, and then putting that data in a different file... the problem is, the information is all on one line and not easy to combine.
Below is the file i'm searching through. The Information I need to output is Bolded.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<installconfig> <plugins> <plugin app="zzy" available="true" build="3329" installer="sarsy/setup.exe" name="sarsy set" required="false"/> </plugins> <customplugins> <customplugin app="zzy" available="true" build="301" installer="sarsy/XYZApp1.exe" name="XYZApp1" required="true"><events> <customplugin app="zzy" available="true" build="99" installer="sarsy/MYApp2.exe" name="MYApp2" required="true"><events/><menus> <patches> <patch app="zzy" build="4589" installer="sarsy/MY_patch_1221_2020.exe" patchnum="2020"/></patches> </installconfig>



Output should look like:
XYZApp1=301
MYApp2=99
Patch=2020


The name data will stay the same, but the build and patchnumber will change.

Any help would be appreciated!

How does one distinguish one name field over another ? I see you've picked some name and some build fields, but haven't specified how to distinguish the fields you want from the same-named files you don't want.

Does it have to be a shell script? This would be much easier with a more powerful language like python or perl.

And then you can use a perl XML parser module.

Another person ignoring the structure provided by XML. Use an XML parser (in perl XML::Parser, as Mr C. suggests), or any of several others that are available for other languages.
There are generally two flavors of XML parsers. Those which provide incremental reports via callbacks as the XML data is being parsed, and those that swallow the whole XML dataset and provide an API (usually using the XML DOM) for searching and modifying the in-memory XML data.
--- rod.

Great, thanks for the replies. I'll try the XML parser for perl.