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convert a subset of XML into fsdb

Synopsis

    xml_to_db -k EntityField <source.xml

Description

Converts a very limited subset of XML into Fsdb format.

The input is XML-format (not fsdb). The input is parsed as XML, and each entity of type ENTITYFIELD is extracted as a row. ENTITYFIELD can have mutliple components separated by slashes to walk down the XML tree, if necessary.

The input XML file is assumed to be very simple. All rows are assumed to be sequential in one entity. Any other than the specified ENTITYFIELD are ignored. The schema is assumed to be defined by the first instances of that field.

The output is two-space-separated fsdb. (Someday more general field separators should be supported.) Fsdb fields are normalized version of the CSV file: spaces are converted to single underscores.

Options

-e EmptyValue or --empty: Specify the value newly created columns get.

This module also supports the standard fsdb options:

-d: Enable debugging output.
-i or --input InputSource: Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or - for standard input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.
-o or --output OutputDestination: Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or - for standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.
--autorun or --noautorun: By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method. The --(no)autorun option controls that behavior within Perl.
--help: Show help.
--man: Show full manual.

Sample Usage

Input

        <?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
        <gnuPod>
         <files>
          <file addtime="3389919728" album="Born to Pick" artist="7th Day Buskers" title="Loch Lamor" />
          <file addtime="3389919728" album="Born to Pick" artist="7th Day Buskers" title="The Floods" />
          <file addtime="3389919735" album="Copland Conducts Copland" artist="Aaron Copland" title="Our Town" />
         </files>
         <playlist name="new shows" plid="97241" >
           <regex artist="^(Le Show|This American Life)$" />
         </playlist>
        </gnuPod>

Command

        xml_to_db -k files/file <gnupod.xml

Output

        #fsdb -F S addtime album artist title
        3389919728  Born to Pick  7th Day Buskers  Loch Lamor
        3389919728  Born to Pick  7th Day Buskers  The Floods
        3389919735  Copland Conducts Copland  Aaron Copland  Our Town
        #   | xml_to_db -k files/file

AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT

This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general public license, version 2. See the file COPYING with the distribution for details.

Info

2024-08-02 perl v5.40.0 User Contributed Perl Documentation