Parsing XML (and insert data) then output data (bash / Solaris)

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi folks

I have a script I wrote that basically parses a bunch of config and xml files works out were to add in the new content then spits out the data into a new file.

It all works - apart from the xml and config file format in the new file

with XML files the original XML (that ends up in the destination file)

<no action="setACL" send="Y">
<ACL node="" name="" value="" />
<ACL node="" name="" value="01" />
</no>

but it should look like this (this is the new stuff I am inserting)

    <bit bitpos="" action="setACL" no="Y">
      <ACL node="" name="" value="Default" />
      <ACL node="" name="" value="00" />
    </bit>

on config files - which are just standard flat files,the original file looks like this:

# -------------------------------------------------
# LB Health Check
# -------------------------------------------------
User-Name Equals LB accountwrite=n

but I get this:

 # -------------------------------------------------
 # LB Health Check
 # -------------------------------------------------
 User-Name Equals LB accountwrite=n

I use the same function for each file - the content is spot on I just cannot see how to get the xml formatting correct (the non-xml files I can live with) and looks like this :

      tFile=/tmp/newtest.tmp
        if [ -e ${dFile} ]; then rm -rf ${dFile}; fi
        while read line
        do
                let cnt=cnt+1;
                if [ ${cnt} -eq ${insertAtLine} ]; then
                        echo -e "${insertThis}" >> ${dFile}
                echo -e "**** Inserted OK! ****"
                else
                        echo -e ${line} >> ${dFile}
                fi
        done < ${sFile}
        cnt=0

$insertThis is the text I need to insert
$insertAtLine is the line I need to insert the text at
$dFile = destination file
$tFile = temporary file

so, basically

                      echo -e "${insertThis}" >> ${dFile}

works, and

                        echo -e ${line} >> ${dFile}

this is whats giving me grief!

This is driving me crazy btw,

2

To clarify - what you have an issue with is the whitespace/indentation in the output, not the actual data?

3

Hi,

I just want the XML to end in the same indented format as the input. So it looks like XML etc (which is handy when editing manually).