NAME

SYNOPSIS

  stag-grep person -q name=fred file1.xml

  stag-grep person 'sub {shift->get_name =~ /^A*/}' file1.xml

  stag-grep -p My::Foo -w sxpr record 'sub{..}' file2

USAGE

  stag-grep [-p|parser PARSER] [-w|writer WRITER] NODE -q tag=val FILE

  stag-grep [-p|parser PARSER] [-w|writer WRITER] NODE SUB FILE

  stag-grep [-p|parser PARSER] [-w|writer WRITER]  NODE -f PERLFILE FILE

DESCRIPTION

the parser is event based, so it should be able to handle large files (although if the node you parse is large, it will take up more memory)

ARGUMENTS

-p|parser FORMAT

FORMAT is one of xml, sxpr or itext, or the name of a perl module

xml assumed as default

-w|writer FORMAT

FORMAT is one of xml, sxpr or itext, or the name of a perl module

-c|count

prints the number of nodes that pass the test

-filterfile|f

a file containing a perl subroutine (in place of the SUB argument)

-q|query TAG1=VAL1 -q|query TAG2=VAL2 ... -q|query TAGN=VALN

filters based on the field TAG

other operators can be used too - eg <, <=, etc

multiple q arguments can be passed in

for more complex operations, pass in your own subroutine, see below

SUB

a perl subroutine. this subroutine is evaluated evry time NODE is encountered - the stag object for NODE is passed into the subroutine.

if the subroutine passes, the node will be passed to the writer for display

NODE

the name of the node/element we are filtering on

FILE

the file to be parser. If no parser option is supplied, this is assumed to a be a stag compatible syntax (xml, sxpr or itext); otherwise you should parse in a parser name or a parser module that throws stag events

SEE ALSO