On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 03:34:41PM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I would like to write a script to extract two numbers from the following > xml file: There are *so* many ways to do this; one brute-force approach: Put the following two commands in a file; let's call it "foo": grep "Actual Usage Download" foo | sed -e "s/^.*value=\"//" -e "s/\" .*$//" grep "Actual Usage Upload" foo | sed -e "s/^.*value=\"//" -e "s/\" .*$//" Make the file executable: chmod a+rx foo Then, if your XML file is named bar.xml: foo <bar.xml (If the file isn't in your path, "./foo", etc.) Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
