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splitting xml files into multiple xml file using awk on Windows
To split an XML file into multiple XML files using awk
on Windows, you can use the following awk
command in the Windows Command Prompt or PowerShell. Please note that awk
is not natively available on Windows, so you need to install it first or use a Windows implementation of awk
, such as Gawk for Windows.
Here's an example awk
command to split an XML file based on a specific element (e.g., <record>
) into multiple XML files:
bashgawk -v RS="</record>" -v outfile="output" -v ext=".xml" '{
if (match($0, /<record>(.*)/, a)) {
print a[1] RS "</record>" > outfile NR ext
}
}' input.xml
Explanation of the command:
-v RS="</record>"
: Sets the record separator to</record>
, soawk
treats each<record>...</record>
block as a separate record.-v outfile="output" -v ext=".xml"
: Specifies the base name (output
) and file extension (.xml
) for the output files. The records will be split into files namedoutput1.xml
,output2.xml
, etc.if (match($0, /<record>(.*)/, a))
: Searches for the<record>
element at the beginning of each record and captures the content inside it using the arraya
.print a[1] RS "</record>" > outfile NR ext
: Prints the content inside the<record>
element (stored ina[1]
) along with the closing</record>
tag to the output file.
Replace input.xml
with the name of your input XML file, and adjust the element name and output file naming convention as needed.
Please ensure that you have gawk
or an appropriate awk
implementation installed on your Windows system before running the command. You can download gawk
for Windows from here: https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#Getting-and-Installing-Gawk