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I have looked but haven't been able to find anyone else with the same sort of problem I have.

I have an xml file like this:

<ID>1</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>2</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>3</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>4</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed>

Basically a whole bunch of data all on one line, no line breaks. I need to extract the info (preferably just as-is with tags intact) between a specific < ID> tag (eg < ID>2 )and the very next < /dateAccessed> tag. I have about 50 files to check for a particular ID and the following related data. I get that this is not standard, there is no nesting.

I originally tried to do this using grep and sed, but I just get the whole file returned, which seems odd to me. Can't I just treat this like a text file?

EDIT:

I didn't realise the formatter removed text that was in enclosing < and > , so after re-reading my question this morning, I realised it's asking something completely different. TL;DR I need what is between opening ID tag (for a specific ID, not all of them) and the next closing DateAccessed tag. Not between the same opening and closing tags, ie between ID and /ID

I have looked but haven't been able to find anyone else with the same sort of problem I have.

I have an xml file like this:

<ID>1</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>2</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>3</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>4</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed>

Basically a whole bunch of data all on one line, no line breaks. I need to extract the info (preferably just as-is with tags intact) between a specific < ID> tag (eg < ID>2 )and the very next < /dateAccessed> tag. I have about 50 files to check for a particular ID and the following related data. I get that this is not standard, there is no nesting.

I originally tried to do this using grep and sed, but I just get the whole file returned, which seems odd to me. Can't I just treat this like a text file?

EDIT:

I didn't realise the formatter removed text that was in enclosing < and > , so after re-reading my question this morning, I realised it's asking something completely different. TL;DR I need what is between a specific value between ID tags and the next closing DateAccessed tag. Not between the same opening and closing tags, ie between ID and /ID

So I can get something like this result:

<ID>2</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed>

I have looked but haven't been able to find anyone else with the same sort of problem I have.

I have an xml file like this:

<ID>1</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>2</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>3</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>4</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed>

Basically a whole bunch of data all on one line, no line breaks. I need to extract the info (preferably just as-is with tags intact) between a specific < ID> tag (eg < ID>2 )and the very next < /dateAccessed> tag. I have about 50 files to check for a particular ID and the following related data. I get that this is not standard, there is no nesting.

I originally tried to do this using grep and sed, but I just get the whole file returned, which seems odd to me. Can't I just treat this like a text file?

EDIT:

I didn't realise the formatter removed text that was in enclosing < and > , so after re-reading my question this morning, I realised it's asking something completely different. TL;DR I need what is between opening ID tag and closing DateAccessed tag. Not between the same opening and closing tags, ie between ID and /ID

I have looked but haven't been able to find anyone else with the same sort of problem I have.

I have an xml file like this:

<ID>1</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>2</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>3</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>4</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed>

Basically a whole bunch of data all on one line, no line breaks. I need to extract the info (preferably just as-is with tags intact) between a specific < ID> tag (eg < ID>2 )and the very next < /dateAccessed> tag. I have about 50 files to check for a particular ID and the following related data. I get that this is not standard, there is no nesting.

I originally tried to do this using grep and sed, but I just get the whole file returned, which seems odd to me. Can't I just treat this like a text file?

EDIT:

I didn't realise the formatter removed text that was in enclosing < and > , so after re-reading my question this morning, I realised it's asking something completely different. TL;DR I need what is between opening ID tag (for a specific ID, not all of them) and the next closing DateAccessed tag. Not between the same opening and closing tags, ie between ID and /ID

I have looked but haven't been able to find anyone else with the same sort of problem I have.

I have an xml file like this:

<ID>1</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>2</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>3</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>4</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed>

Basically a whole bunch of data all on one line, no line breaks. I need to extract the info (preferably just as-is with tags intact) between a specific < ID> tag (eg < ID>2 )and the very next tag. I have about 50 files to check for a particular ID and the following related data. I get that this is not standard, there is no nesting.

I originally tried to do this using grep and sed, but I just get the whole file returned, which seems odd to me. Can't I just treat this like a text file?

I have looked but haven't been able to find anyone else with the same sort of problem I have.

I have an xml file like this:

<ID>1</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>2</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>3</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed><ID>4</ID><data>asdf</data><data2>asdf</data2><dataX>asdf</dataX><dateAccessed>somedate</dateAccessed>

Basically a whole bunch of data all on one line, no line breaks. I need to extract the info (preferably just as-is with tags intact) between a specific < ID> tag (eg < ID>2 )and the very next < /dateAccessed> tag. I have about 50 files to check for a particular ID and the following related data. I get that this is not standard, there is no nesting.

I originally tried to do this using grep and sed, but I just get the whole file returned, which seems odd to me. Can't I just treat this like a text file?

EDIT:

I didn't realise the formatter removed text that was in enclosing < and > , so after re-reading my question this morning, I realised it's asking something completely different. TL;DR I need what is between opening ID tag and closing DateAccessed tag. Not between the same opening and closing tags, ie between ID and /ID