Don't for get to use " for the " char and ' for the ' char in your ant source >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:30 AM >> To: Ant Users List >> Subject: Re: an input for ant arg. >> >> Chun Ji wrote: >> >> > <target name="migration"> >> > <exec executable="java" dir="."> >> > <arg line="..."/> >> > <arg line="Test `grep "^where keyp_clientid in" >> input.sql | awk '{print $4}'` "/> >> > </exec> >> > <xslt .../> >> > </target> >> > ... >> > " >> > The error msg is: Element type "arg" must be followed by >> either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>" >> > >> > >> > >> > So what should I do to solve this issue ? Any comments is welcome! >> > >> >> The problem is the second <arg> statement has way too many >> quotes in the line attribute for XML to handle. This an XML >> problem, not an ant one. >> You can use paired single quotes >> >> line='some "inner" thing' >> or double >> line="some 'other' thing" >> but you cant have the same quotation type inside as out. >> >> Try creating the string from a couple of properties >> <property name="grep" value='"^where keyp_clientid in"' /> >> ..and build these up >> >> of course, when you do that you'd find that the pipe, the >> grep and the awk wouldnt work, as they are shell commands. >> You'd need to run bash. >> Much better to >> -create at an outputredirector for the output >> -create a filterchain in the outputredirector that did your search >> >> -steve >> >> -- >> Steve Loughran >> http://www.1060.org/blogxter/publish/5 >> Author: Ant in Action http://antbook.org/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For >> additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>
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