Re: [Xmlstar-devel] parsing problem

[André K. <ak...@la...>]

> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:59 PM, msacks <nt...@gm...> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I am having trouble doing some really basic things using xmlstar.
>> I am executing this command  /usr/bin/xmlstarlet sel -t -c
>> "category/structure/property[@name='productNumber']" -v "@value"
>> ~user/Downloads/hp.USE808N6DS.xml
>>
>> against this xml file
>> https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B6C4Iz1C9X9HMzVjNjRiMTYtZWM3YS00ODljLTgyM2EtMDNjYzIzZjVhYTE2&sort=name&layout=list&num=50
>>
>> Can someone clue me in as to what I am doing wrong?
>
> You didn't explain exactly what your intention is, but I suppose you
> meant @value to refer to the property element that you matched in the
> previous argument. Unless you use -m (or --match) arguments are
> relative to the root, I would guess you want this:
>
> /usr/bin/xmlstarlet sel -t -m \
> "category/structure/property[@name='productNumber']" \
> -c . -v "@value" ~user/Downloads/hp.USE808N6DS.xml
>

Hi msacks,

Well the two things to check since I also haven't been able to  
download the xml file:
- I guess xmlstarlet sel -t -m "/category/..." or xmlstarlet sel -t -m  
"//category/..." (note the staring slash(es)) would match something
- Is there a namespace, in which case you'd have to use the -N option  
and update the XPath accordingly?

Regards,
André