>you mean copy one name attribute No, I mean copy the entire section as written down before: from <device name .... to </device>. I keep the old section, then I append the new one which is almost identical but not quite. If you look again at the code, you will see that the second xml file (the one I would like to get) is different than the first one. Here's another attempt, where device1 is duplicated and it becomes device2.They are independent entities now. Thank you.
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <root> > <device> > <device name="device1"> > ..........a number of lines of properties here (irrelevant, unchanged) > </device> > </device> > </root> > to the following: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <root> > <device> > <device name="device1"> > ..........a number of lines of properties here (irrelevant, unchanged) > </device> > > <device name="device2"> > ..........a number of lines of properties here (irrelevant, unchanged) > </device> > </device> > </root> Gilbert Rebhan wrote: > > ca_iancu schrieb: >>> Can you provide a little more details, xmlfile how it is and how it >> More details, certainly! I need to find/read/duplicate a section of an >> xml >> file, then append it and make a simple change to the added section. I >> need >> to go from: >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <root> >> <device> >> <device name="some_device"> >> ..........a number of lines of properties here (irrelevant, unchanged) >> </device> >> </device> >> </root> > > hm, still not clear for me ... > >> to the following: >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <root> >> <device> >> <device name="some_device"> >> ..........a number of lines of properties here (irrelevant, unchanged) >> </device> >> >> <device name="some_other_new_device"> >> ..........a number of lines of properties here (irrelevant, unchanged) >> </device> >> </device> >> </root> > > you mean copy one name attribute > <device> > <device name="attribute to copy"> > <device name="..."> > ... > </device> > > and append it as > <device> > <device name="copy of attribute to copy"> > <device name="..."> > ... > </device> > > ?? > >> That's it. The problem for me is: copy the text in a variable, then >> append >> right after the end of the existing text. I briefly looked at the xmltask >> but it seemed like what it does is read an xml file, and then it sets the >> existing fields to ant properties. It didn't seem like it's something I >> could use for text processing. > > oh, the xml task is great for editing xml files, that's what > xmltask is made for ;-) > > Regards, Gilbert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-to-copy-and-edit-a-section-of-a-text-file-tp19898362p19909746.html Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
