XML parsing with shell script

Question

I am having issues while I am trying to get some data from the text filed of the xml tag.

This filed is repeated many times in the xml.

<abc>
<def>
<gh tag="ext" text="1. look
2. for 
3. this 
4. if
5. what">
</gh>
</def>
</abc>

What I have done is to grep the pattern and loop till the "> reached. But I am also getting some other data also. Can someone please help me with that or show me the direction. I tried perl but XML library where missing.

Perl modules can be installed in your home directory. You don't have to install them in a "system" location. — glenn jackman
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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-10 11:07:17Z

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Please use the correct tool.

$ xmlstarlet sel -t -m abc/def/gh -v @text input.xml
1. look 2. for 3. this 4. if 5. what

answered Mar 10, 2011 at 11:07

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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rahul singh Over a year ago

i am not having this tool on my server. and dnont have permission to install anything

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Over a year ago

Then you're screwed. Have fun.

Dennis Williamson · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-10 16:06:31Z

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You might be able to adapt the AWK script found here.

answered Mar 10, 2011 at 16:06

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siddardha · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-11 12:00:34Z

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sgrep - Structured Grep - used in searching and indexing XML , HTML.

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/jjaakkol/sgrepexamples.html

edited Mar 11, 2011 at 12:00

answered Mar 11, 2011 at 5:42

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jaypal singh · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-14 14:28:20Z

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A quick and dirty solution -

awk '/text="/,/">/{print}' xmlfile | sed -e 's/^\(<gh.*="\)//' -e 's/">$//'

answered Dec 14, 2011 at 14:28

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