Re: [Xmlstar-devel] parsing problem

[msacks <nt...@gm...>]

I did try the various combinations you recommended. i.e.

xmlstarlet sel -t -c "//category/....
"/category
"category

So there must be something else I'm missing here.


On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:17 PM, André Kaplan <ak...@la...> wrote:
>> 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
>
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