On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 15:50 +1100, Peter Miller wrote: > > <Datum> 'Datum' are non-trivial, containing extensive subtrees.</Datum> > > <Datum> ...etc... </Datum> > > <TrivialFooter> blah </TrivialFooter> > > </BigFile> > > XML is plain text, use a text tool. > If the line breaks are as indicated, use split(1) > and then hand edit the headers and footers.
Or, use awk(1) and split on lines containing /<.Datum>/ using awk's ability to write to more than one file. I suppose much the same could be done in Perl, too, but I'm older than such new-fangled things as Perl. -- Regards Peter Miller <pmil...@opensource.org.au> /\/\* http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/ PGP public key ID: 1024D/D0EDB64D fingerprint = AD0A C5DF C426 4F03 5D53 2BDB 18D8 A4E2 D0ED B64D See http://www.keyserver.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. "A data structure is just a stupid programming language." -- R. Wm. Gosper -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
