I’m using Visual Studio Code to run a find/replace on a folder full of XML files.
I need to remove all LineItem nodes with a specific string “S00BBABHK”.
NOTE:this code is formatted for clarity, the actual XML in the files I’m working with are one single line and are not formatted in any way.
<LineItem sequence="0">
...
<Item id="GOOD_1" />
...
</LineItem>
<LineItem sequence="0">
...
<Item id="GOOD_2" />
...
</LineItem>
<LineItem sequence="0">
...
<Item id="S00BBABHK" />
...
</LineItem>
<LineItem sequence="0">
...
<Item id="Good3" />
...
</LineItem>
Here is the contents of an example file. NOTE:The files contain one single line and are not formatted in any way.
<ICSMXML xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://www.icsm.com/icsmxml"><Header><MsgDelivery><To><Credential><Domain>ICSMID</Domain><Identity>196M</Identity></Credential></To><From><Credential><Domain>ICSMID</Domain><Identity>LVS</Identity></Credential></From><Sender><Credential><Domain>DNS</Domain><Identity>BOSSAPI</Identity></Credential></Sender></MsgDelivery><MsgHeader><MessageId>40cb9826-e2e0-4ca2-8de7-08ab9f601cc4</MessageId><Timestamp>2024-04-10T07:12:52</Timestamp><DocumentId>ICSMPO</DocumentId></MsgHeader><ConversationState><ConversationId>9790f6aa-2225-461b-8c85-cd97e7ee2577</ConversationId></ConversationState></Header><Request deploymentMode="production"><OrderRequest><OrderRequestHeader orderDate="2024-04-09" orderID="SA1403865" type="new" orderType="regular" shippingType="item"><CustomerIdentification><CustomerInfo name="PONumber">33475712</CustomerInfo><CorporateInfo name="AccountNumber">Lovesac</CorporateInfo></CustomerIdentification></OrderRequestHeader><LineItem sequence="0"><CustomerIdentification><CorporateInfo name="unitOfMeasureQty">1</CorporateInfo><CorporateInfo name="unitTransferCost">0.000000</CorporateInfo><CorporateInfo name="SellCode">E</CorporateInfo></CustomerIdentification><LineItemConfiguration /><LineItemShipping domain="ICSM" carrier="P" serviceLevel="PF"><ShipTo><Address><Name>Brianna Eales</Name><PostalAddress addressID=""><DeliverTo>Brianna Eales</DeliverTo><Street>5010 RENO DR</Street><Street /><City>PASADENA</City><State>TX</State><PostalCode>77505-2156</PostalCode><Country>United States</Country></PostalAddress></Address></ShipTo></LineItemShipping><PartnerItemDetail type="point" lineNumber="5" quantity="1" unitOfMeasure="EA"><Item id="S00BBABHK" /><Price valueType="unit"><Money currency="USD">0.000000</Money></Price><Price valueType="extended"><Money currency="USD">0.00</Money></Price></PartnerItemDetail><PartnerItemDetail type="production" lineNumber="5" quantity="1" unitOfMeasure="EA"><Item id="S00BBABHK" /><Price valueType="unit"><Money currency="USD">0.000000</Money></Price><Price valueType="extended"><Money currency="USD">0.00</Money></Price></PartnerItemDetail></LineItem><LineItem sequence="0"><CustomerIdentification><CorporateInfo name="unitOfMeasureQty">1</CorporateInfo><CorporateInfo name="unitTransferCost">0.000000</CorporateInfo><CorporateInfo name="SellCode">E</CorporateInfo></CustomerIdentification><LineItemConfiguration /><LineItemShipping domain="ICSM" carrier="P" serviceLevel="PF"><ShipTo><Address><Name>Brianna Eales</Name><PostalAddress addressID=""><DeliverTo>Brianna Eales</DeliverTo><Street>5010 RENO DR</Street><Street /><City>PASADENA</City><State>TX</State><PostalCode>77505-2156</PostalCode><Country>United States</Country></PostalAddress></Address></ShipTo></LineItemShipping><PartnerItemDetail type="point" lineNumber="6" quantity="1" unitOfMeasure="EA"><Item id="UM6494" /><Price valueType="unit"><Money currency="USD">0.000000</Money></Price><Price valueType="extended"><Money currency="USD">0.00</Money></Price></PartnerItemDetail><PartnerItemDetail type="production" lineNumber="6" quantity="1" unitOfMeasure="EA"><Item id="UM6494" /><Price valueType="unit"><Money currency="USD">0.000000</Money></Price><Price valueType="extended"><Money currency="USD">0.00</Money></Price></PartnerItemDetail></LineItem><LineItem sequence="0"><CustomerIdentification><CorporateInfo name="unitOfMeasureQty">1</CorporateInfo><CorporateInfo name="unitTransferCost">0.000000</CorporateInfo><CorporateInfo name="SellCode">E</CorporateInfo></CustomerIdentification><LineItemConfiguration /><LineItemShipping domain="ICSM" carrier="P" serviceLevel="PF"><ShipTo><Address><Name>Brianna Eales</Name><PostalAddress addressID=""><DeliverTo>Brianna Eales</DeliverTo><Street>5010 RENO DR</Street><Street /><City>PASADENA</City><State>TX</State><PostalCode>77505-2156</PostalCode><Country>United States</Country></PostalAddress></Address></ShipTo></LineItemShipping><PartnerItemDetail type="point" lineNumber="7" quantity="1" unitOfMeasure="EA"><Item id="UM5562" /><Price valueType="unit"><Money currency="USD">0.000000</Money></Price><Price valueType="extended"><Money currency="USD">0.00</Money></Price></PartnerItemDetail><PartnerItemDetail type="production" lineNumber="7" quantity="1" unitOfMeasure="EA"><Item id="UM5562" /><Price valueType="unit"><Money currency="USD">0.000000</Money></Price><Price valueType="extended"><Money currency="USD">0.00</Money></Price></PartnerItemDetail></LineItem><LineItem sequence="0"><CustomerIdentification><CorporateInfo name="unitOfMeasureQty">1</CorporateInfo><CorporateInfo name="unitTransferCost">0.000000</CorporateInfo><CorporateInfo name="SellCode">E</CorporateInfo></CustomerIdentification><LineItemConfiguration /><LineItemShipping domain="ICSM" carrier="P" serviceLevel="PF"><ShipTo><Address><Name>Brianna Eales</Name><PostalAddress addressID=""><DeliverTo>Brianna Eales</DeliverTo><Street>5010 RENO DR</Street><Street /><City>PASADENA</City><State>TX</State><PostalCode>77505-2156</PostalCode><Country>United States</Country></PostalAddress></Address></ShipTo></LineItemShipping><PartnerItemDetail type="point" lineNumber="8" quantity="1" unitOfMeasure="EA"><Item id="UM5467" /><Price valueType="unit"><Money currency="USD">0.000000</Money></Price><Price valueType="extended"><Money currency="USD">0.00</Money></Price></PartnerItemDetail><PartnerItemDetail type="production" lineNumber="8" quantity="1" unitOfMeasure="EA"><Item id="UM5467" /><Price valueType="unit"><Money currency="USD">0.000000</Money></Price><Price valueType="extended"><Money currency="USD">0.00</Money></Price></PartnerItemDetail></LineItem><LineItem sequence="0"><CustomerIdentification><CorporateInfo name="unitOfMeasureQty">1</CorporateInfo><CorporateInfo name="unitTransferCost">0.000000</CorporateInfo><CorporateInfo name="SellCode">E</CorporateInfo></CustomerIdentification><LineItemConfiguration /><LineItemShipping domain="ICSM" carrier="P" serviceLevel="PF"><ShipTo><Address><Name>Brianna Eales</Name><PostalAddress addressID=""><DeliverTo>Brianna Eales</DeliverTo><Street>5010 RENO DR</Street><Street /><City>PASADENA</City><State>TX</State><PostalCode>77505-2156</PostalCode><Country>United States</Country></PostalAddress></Address></ShipTo></LineItemShipping><PartnerItemDetail type="point" lineNumber="9" quantity="1" unitOfMeasure="EA"><Item id="UM3925" /><Price valueType="unit"><Money currency="USD">0.000000</Money></Price><Price valueType="extended"><Money currency="USD">0.00</Money></Price></PartnerItemDetail><PartnerItemDetail type="production" lineNumber="9" quantity="1" unitOfMeasure="EA"><Item id="UM3925" /><Price valueType="unit"><Money currency="USD">0.000000</Money></Price><Price valueType="extended"><Money currency="USD">0.00</Money></Price></PartnerItemDetail></LineItem></OrderRequest></Request></ICSMXML>
I’m using the following regex:
`<LineItem.*?sequence="[^>]*>.*(?=S00BBABHK).*</LineItem>`
which selects ALL LineItem nodes in a given file if the query string is found in any of the nodes.
I am stuck on how to modify it to select ONLY the LineItem node that contains the query string.
This is not a part of a script. I’m using the regex as a search/replace query in VS Code. (Mac, OS 12.7.4, Visual Studio Code 1.86.2) I will have a batch of these to modify on a daily basis (until the problem gets fixed by the upstream source).
Thank you, in advance, for your guidance and your patience.
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