William Park wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I wanted to write a script that will read the below file: > > > > <abcd label="ABC"> > > . > > <efg label="EFGA"> > > .... > > <decg label="ABDG"> > > .. > > </decg> > > .. > > > > </efg> > > > > .. > > <mon1 label="MON"> > > .. > > </mon1> > > .. > > </abcd> > > . > > . > > <xyz label="A1"> > > . > > <eg1 label="FGA"> > > .... > > <dg label="BG"> > > .. > > > > </dg> > > > > .. > > > > </eg1> > > > > </xyz> > > > > .. > > and so on > > > > The output of the script shud be > > > > ABC > > ..EFGA > > ....ABDG > > ..MON > > > > A1 > > ..FGA > > ....BG > > > > Please help me in writing a Python script for the above task. > > Take a look at > http://home.eol.ca/~parkw/park-january.html > on "Expat XML" section towards the end. Translating it to Python is > left for homework. > > In essence, > indent=.. > start () { > local "${@:2}" > echo "${indent|*XML_ELEMENT_DEPTH-1}$label" > } > xml -s start "`< file.xml`" > which prints > ..ABC > ....EFGA > ......ABDG > ....MON > ..A1 > ....FGA > ......BG > with modified input, ie. wrapping XML pieces into single root tree. > > -- > William Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Open Geometry Consulting, Toronto, Canada > Linux solution for data processing. Thanks everyone for the responses. I will try the above solutions.
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