Jkrish
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Parse html tags using awk sed
Please can someone help with ideas on how to parse html tags using sed and awk in linux
for example,
test.html:
<TS>SOMETHING</TS><TD>EXAM
My script should be able to just output what's inside a tag
myscript TD
EXAMPLE
myscript TS
SOMETHING
Any help is very much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Krish
for example,
test.html:
<TS>SOMETHING</TS><TD>EXAM
My script should be able to just output what's inside a tag
myscript TD
EXAMPLE
myscript TS
SOMETHING
Any help is very much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Krish
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#Same from the attached file previously (test.txt)
echo "OUTPUT FROM awk:"
export PARAM=$1
awk -F"$PARAM" 'BEGIN{a=ENVIRON["PARAM"]}
{
{
if(substr($2, 1,4)=="<ENVIRON["PARAM"]>"
{
printf "%s %s\n", substr($1, 6),substr($1, 1,1);
}
printf substr($0, index($0,"<"ENVIRON["PARAM
}
}' test.html
# In awk set the environment variable $PARAM
# Take PARAM as delimiter
# Dispaly the string that appears between <$PARAM>...</PARAM>
echo "
"
echo "OUTPUT FROM sed:"
sed "s/.*<$1>\(.*\)<\/$1>.*/\1
# In sed replace
# .*<$1>\(.*\)<\/$1>.*
# any set of characters followed by <$PARAM>any set of characters excluding backslash.
# With
# \1
# Display the string that appears between any set of characters followed AND backslash.