Re: [Xml-coreutils-discuss] Where to start?

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On 2015-02-12 07:20, Douglas Held wrote:
>>> Goal:
>>> I would like to extract only listings with floor plans, and only the
>>> selected elements I am interested in, into a new document as:
>>> <listings>
>>>  <listing>
>>>    <listing_id>1</listing_id>
>>>    <floor_plan>http://example.com/123456</floor_plan>
>>>  </listing>
>>> <listings>
>>> 
>>> I have tried commands such as:
>>> # Create the target file
>>> xml-echo -e "[listings@updated=20150210]" >listings.xml
>>> # Copy selected elements into target
>>> xml-cp page1.xml
>>> :/response/listing/listing_id[/response/listing/floor_plan != null]
>>> listings.xml :/listings/

I would not expect this to succeed as the condition in [] requires more 
advanced processing than xml-cp is currently coded to do. Perhaps an 
extension of xml-grep could handle this. I will have to think about it.

Cheers,
Laird Breyer