Hi Matt, On Fri, 25 May 2018 01:16:54 -0700 (PDT) Matt Truslove <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good morning, > I have a very important XML file which contains a lot of important metadata. > Recently my old computer has become useless so i managed to backup all my > data and export all my files. > > as part of the backup i exported the metadata via an XML feature. But not > realising that the new location would be different for all the files once > moved. > see http://perl-begin.org/uses/text-parsing/ and http://perl-begin.org/uses/xml/ and equivalents for other languages. See https://blog.codinghorror.com/parsing-html-the-cthulhu-way/ . > the XML file has a tag for Location and i need this to change whilst > retaining the file name. > > i was told VIM is perfect for this. so fired fired up my old linux box to > give it a go but no avail. > > please see the below example > > <key>Location</key><string>file:///Volumes/OLDDRIVE/OTHERFOLDER/aaaaa/bbbbb/ccccc/ddddd/eeeee/20Berksonax.uue</string> > > i want to find and replace the text between the "file:///" and the last but > one "/" (as the last slash will affect the XML </string>.) but retain the > file name, extension and end tag </string> > > to end up with > > > <key>Location</key><string>file:///NewVolume/NEW_SSD/NEWFOLDER2018/0Berksonax.uue</string> > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ http://youtu.be/xZLwtc9x4yA - Anime in Real Life!! (Parody) What's the point of claiming your code is illegal? I might anger a few, but I just wanna sue — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/Can-I-SCO-Now/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
