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URGENT----shell script to change word in file

I want to replace a word in a particular file. I am attaching file here

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<DF NM="REN_EPG_EVENT_TABLE">
<DB NM="EVENTS_DB">
<VT NM="PROG_EVENT">
<IT NM="COMBO1_3 - Event 140">
<VT NM="OPI_OFFERS">
<IT NM="OPI_OFFERS_1">
<VR NM="OPI" VL="13073"/>
<VR NM="SUBSCRIBING_OFFERS" VL="7"/>
</IT>
</VT>
<GP NM="HOME_PAGE">
<VR NM="PICTURE" VL="dtv-d://epg_welcome.pictures:epg-050428-teva.jpg"/>
<VR NM="BASELINE" VL="Acceuil baseline"/>
</GP>
<GP NM="EVENT_PAGE">
<VR NM="PICTURE" VL="dtv-d://epg_welcome.pictures:epg-050429-pinktv.jpg"/>
<VR NM="TITLE" VL="title 1"/>
<GP NM="TEXT_COLOR">
<VR NM="R" VL="12"/>
<VR NM="G" VL="23"/>
<VR NM="B" VL="55"/>
</GP>
<GP NM="BG_COLOR">
<VR NM="R" VL="100"/>
<VR NM="G" VL="100"/>
<VR NM="B" VL="100"/>
</GP>
<VR NM="SHORT_SUMMARY" VL="resume court 1"/>
<VR NM="LONG_SUMMARY" VL="resume long 1"/>
</GP>
<VR NM="ONID" VL="192"/>
<VR NM="TSID" VL="1540"/>
<VR NM="SID" VL="2004"/>
<VR NM="EID" VL="1603"/>
<VT NM="IMAGE">
<IT NM="PARIS1ERA">
<VR NM="PICTURE" VL="dtv-d://epg_welcome.pictures:epg-060211-paris1era.jpg"/>
</IT>
</VT>
</IT>
</VT>
<VT NM="SERVICE_EVENT">
<IT NM="2004">
<VT NM="OPI_OFFERS">
<IT NM="OPI_OFFERS_1">
<VR NM="OPI" VL="13073"/>
<VR NM="SUBSCRIBING_OFFERS" VL="2259289122816"/>
</IT>
</VT>
<GP NM="HOME_PAGE">
<VR NM="PICTURE" VL="dtv-d://epg_welcome.pictures:epg-060214-cineemotion.jpg"/>
<VR NM="BASELINE" VL="baseline 2"/>
</GP>
<GP NM="EVENT_PAGE">
<VR NM="PICTURE" VL="dtv-d://epg_welcome.pictures:epg-050429-pinktv.jpg"/>
<VR NM="TITLE" VL="title 2"/>
<GP NM="TEXT_COLOR">
<VR NM="R" VL="60"/>
<VR NM="G" VL="60"/>
<VR NM="B" VL="60"/>
</GP>
<GP NM="BG_COLOR">
<VR NM="R" VL="200"/>
<VR NM="G" VL="200"/>
<VR NM="B" VL="200"/>
</GP>
<VR NM="SHORT_SUMMARY" VL="resume court 2"/>
<VR NM="LONG_SUMMARY" VL="resume long 2"/>
</GP>
<VR NM="SERVICE_TYPE" VL="1"/>
<VR NM="ORIGINAL_NETWORK_ID" VL="192"/>
<VR NM="TRANSPORT_STREAM_ID" VL="1540"/>
<VR NM="SERVICE_ID" VL="2004"/>
</IT>
</VT>
</DB>
</DF>

In the above file i want to change the number(1603 is not fixed and my not be fixed digits) to some other number in this line

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Please help me

Thanks in advance

Code:

sed -i "s/<VR NM=\"EID\" VL=\"[0-9]*\"\/>/<VR NM=\"EID\" VL=\"2222\"\/>/" file.xml

This will replace any number found in the line <VR NM="EID" VL="1603"/> - (in this case it is 1603 but it could be any number) with 2222. Replace 2222 with the number you choose to replace. I have named the file "file.xml" but you should adjust to suit your file name.

script to change the number

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Originally Posted by bgeddy (Post 3313301)

Code:

sed -i "s/<VR NM=\"EID\" VL=\"[0-9]*\"\/>/<VR NM=\"EID\" VL=\"2222\"\/>/" file.xml

thanks a lot. I am getting.
Now i want to replace that number from cat command like

cat id ==== displays 1883 number
i tried like this

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sed -i "s/<VR NM=\"EID\" VL=\"[0-9]*\"\/>/<VR NM=\"EID\" VL=\"`cat epg_ren_event_id`\"\/>/" file.xml

but it is giving wrong output like this

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please help me

The file epg_ren_event_id looks like a file created in DOS, hence the control character ^M which stats for the sequence \r\n (carriage return + newline). You have to convert it in unix format. E.g.

Code:

dos2unix epg_ren_event_id

i want to remove all spaces from file content. i tried below one

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sed -i 's/\ *//' event_info.log

but it is not working properly

can anyone help me

I agree it looks like a Dos file - if you have the fromdos utility andf want to do it in one you may do this :

Code:

sed -i "s/<VR NM=\"EID\" VL=\"[0-9]*\"\/>/<VR NM=\"EID\" VL=\"$(cat epg_ren_event_id | fromdos)\"\/>/" file.xml

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i want to remove all spaces from file content. i tried below one

Try the global switch like this :

Code:

sed -i "s/ //g" event_info.log

I think you should brush up on your sed !!

thanks for reply.

i am having spaces after the number in my epg_ren_event_id file.
I want to remove those spaces. then your script will work perfectly.

i need a script to remove all spaces and tabs in a file content.

please help me

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i need a script to remove all spaces and tabs in a file content.

OK - its probably easier to use translate like this :

Code:

cat epg_ren_event_id | tr -d ["\t "] > fixedfile.txt

Then run the sed command on fixedfile.txt

bgeddy is correct.

And *please* don't flag your topics as "urgent". OK?

thanks a lot to all.
I resolved my problem

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Originally Posted by bgeddy (Post 3313301)

Code:

sed -i "s/<VR NM=\"EID\" VL=\"[0-9]*\"\/>/<VR NM=\"EID\" VL=\"2222\"\/>/" file.xml

I succeed with your script

Now i am having so many lines like below with different values.

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Now i want to change the number with different numbers across the file.

I mean on first occurrence i want to replace with 4444 and at second occurrence i want to replace with 5555 and so on.

Please help me

Well you certainly keep changing the goalposts on this one ! Have you tried anything to solve this ? I recommended you look into sed - this now looks more like an awk problem. There is an excellent tutorial book on both here.

On a broader note - there may be better ways of parsing XML files - python has excellent support for XML in its libraries. It may be worth looking into if you really want to get clever with this.

Oh - and it goes without saying - I hope this isn't homework... You should experiment with solutions yourself to learn.

I agree you should try a proper XML parser. Perl has several modules for that. Sounds like you want a general solution, so sed/awk are probably not the way to go.

thanks for reply.
XML files are fixed. i want to change the numbers automatically. that is my final goal.
i am new to scripting. thats why i am going step by step.