Would like to compare 2 XML Strings which has certain known fields changed. For example, Date field will always have differences. When comparing both strings, skip/mask all the occurring Date Field's `DtField1` and `DtField2`
Note: these are not formatted xml format.
File1:
<Field1><Field2><Field5></Field5><DtField1>Jan 01 2017,00:00:01</DtField1><Code>052</Code><Desc>This is a test</Desc><DtField2>Jan 01 2001,00:00:26</DtField2><Field4>Company</Field4><Field6></Field6></Field3></Field2></Field1>
File2:
<Field1><Field2><Field5></Field5><DtField1>Jan 01 2017,00:00:01</DtField1><Code>052</Code><Desc>This is a test</Desc><DtField2>Jan 01 2001,00:00:39</DtField2><Field4>Company</Field4><Field6></Field6></Field3></Field2></Field1>
I have tried to sed the string into blocks using the code
Block1=`sed -n 's:.*<Field1>\(.*\)</Field5>.*:\1:p' File`
Block2=`sed -n 's:.*<Code>\(.*\)</Desc>.*:\1:p' File`
Block3=`sed -n 's:.*<Field4>\(.*\)</Field1>.*:\1:p' File`
and compare the Blocks of File1 with File2 but there is a possibility that Fields may not be in order every time. However, fields will be in same position in String1 and String2.
So, it is easy to somehow mask/remove the occurring DtField's and compare 2 strings.
Expected Output:
<Field1><Field2><Field5></Field5><Code>052</Code><Desc>This is a test</Desc><Field4>Company</Field4><Field6></Field6></Field3></Field2></Field1>