Re: Expat-discuss Digest, Vol 113, Issue 3

why don't you just use xpath?
/tag1[@attribute=value]/tag2[@attribute=value]/text()
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>   1. A small tool 'Xml2Line' using 'libexpat' (Need some comments)
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> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:27:33 +0530
> From: Mohan R <[email protected]>
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> Subject: [Expat-discuss] A small tool 'Xml2Line' using 'libexpat'
> (Need some comments)
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> Hi,
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> I created a small tool 'Xml2Line'. 'Xml2Line' will take standard input
> and give output in such a way that, other unix filters can easily
> operate on that xml data. The format of Xml2Line will be like below,
> 
>    <tag1 attribute="value">
>      <tag2 attribute="value">data</tag2>
>    </tag1>
> 
>    to
> 
>    tag1[attribute=value]|tag2[attribute=value]{data}
> 
> Here is the source, http://github.com/mohan43u/Xml2Line
> 
> I don't know how much useful this output format is, but like to get
> inputs from the experts to find the best format for other unix line
> commands(especially 'grep') to operate on XML data.
> 
> Waiting for your comments,
> 
> Thanks,
> Mohan R.
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