replace strings in a file using strings from another file

xpto09 · 01-22-2016, 11:56 AM

Hi,

I have a xml file.
Inside it, I have
<source> there are two houses <\source>
<translation> Há duas casas<\translation>.
(from english to portuguese)

I am using Qtlinguist.
I have already translated everything.

Now it is time to correct it.

I have already using sed and awk to create two files: source and translation.
I have used a spell checker in the file translation.
Now, I want to use the "strings" from the file translation to replace the strings inside the xml file.

For example:
<source> the sky is blue <\source>
<translation> o céu éh azzul <\translation>

In the file translation the phrase "o céu éh azzul" is not correct.
The correct is "o céu é azul".

All the translations are in lines.

How do I do this?

BW-userx · 01-22-2016, 03:33 PM

you'll have to create a pattern to look for the misspelled words, then use the correct word to replace it algorithm. it will have to look at every word within the first file, one word at a time and then check each word seperatly against every word within the correct spelling file then when found replace it.

Code:

badWord="o cu h azzul"
goodWord="o cu  azul"

newString=${String//"$badWord"/"$goodWord"}

NewVar=${var//search pattern/replace with}

that is Bash Shell Script...

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xpto09 · 01-28-2016, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx

you'll have to create a pattern to look for the misspelled words, then use the correct word to replace it algorithm. it will have to look at every word within the first file, one word at a time and then check each word seperatly against every word within the correct spelling file then when found replace it.

Code:

badWord="o cu h azzul"
goodWord="o cu  azul"

newString=${String//"$badWord"/"$goodWord"}

NewVar=${var//search pattern/replace with}

that is Bash Shell Script...

Search Multiple Words / String Pattern Using grep Command

how to search through files until getting one linux

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...-within-a-line

I tried this:

Code:

readarray -t correto_array < correto.txt
readarray -t errado_array < errado.txt

for i in `seq 0 $((${#correto_array[@]}-1))`
do

sed  -i.bak "s/${errado_array[$i]}/${correto_array[$i]}/" final.xml

echo $i

done

using google and
http://http://stackoverflow.com/ques...rd-file-solved

However, the file to be changed is xml file.
Sed has a problem with certain characters .

Could you translate my code to a bash script?

BW-userx · 01-28-2016, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpto09

However, the file to be changed is xml file.
Sed has a problem with certain characters .

Could you translate my code to a bash script?

start looking into programs that are good for parsing xml files.. one I found in another fourm is called XMLLINT --

Find and Replace Values in XML using Python

sorry, I have no idea personally how to deal with xml.