Ndtyjky

Suppose I am having below format in one file:

         `<xml><tag><othertag>ABC</othertag></tag></xml>`

But I need below formatted output :

<xml>

 <tag>

      <othertag>ABC</othertag>

 </tag>

This formatted output i need it in other file.

help me with the batch script which will be able to do such formatting.

try this (it does not check if the xml has valid syntax):

call ::beautifyXml "c:some.xml"

call ::beautifyXml "c:some.xml" > "c:new.xml"



exit /b %errorlevel%





:beautifyXml

powershell "function fx($xml, $i=2){$SW=New-Object System.IO.StringWriter;$XW=New-Object System.XMl.XmlTextWriter $SW; $XW.Formatting='indented';$XW.Indentation=$i;([xml]$xml).WriteContentTo($XW);$XW.Flush();$SW.Flush();Write-Output $SW.ToString();};FX (gc -path """%~f1""") -i 4"

goto :eof

if you the new file looks ok you can add additional move command to replace the old one.

A XML file should not be processed via a Batch file. However, this particular example give me the opportunity to get some fun with a Batch file, and it works! ;)

@echo off

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion



for /F "tokens=2 delims=`" %%a in (input.txt) do set "format=%%a"



for /F %%a in ('copy /Z "%~F0" NUL') do set NL=%%a^

% Don't remove %

% these lines  %

set "SP=    "

set "format=%format:></=>^!NL^!^!SP:~0,-8^!" ^& set "SP=^!SP:~0,-4^!" ^& set /P "=</%"

< NUL (set /P "=%format:><=>!NL!!SP!" & set "SP=    !SP!" & set /P "=<%" & echo/) > output.txt

Output:

<xml>

    <tag>

        <othertag>ABC</othertag>

    </tag>

</xml>

For a description on the method used, see this thread.