XML reader

[q3537wh]

Is there a program out there that can take a quasi-XML file and make it
user-friendly and easy to read? By quasi-XML I mean a plain text file
that is in the format below.

I know the time stamps messes up the format a bit. And these logs have
hundreds, thousands of lines. You can see why I'm looking for something
that can help me read them.

TIA.

15:52:46: [START] ===== Session Started 2006-09-19 15:52:46, UserRole
= leader

15:52:47: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="1" TS="128031691673686869"><Action
Type="Start"><Content Id="300016768"
AuthToken="1,1268871847,1158695466,9218,003E67312B B747CD94EFF1A15982C4FB"/></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:50: [RESPONSE]
<Response><Command Id="1" Status="Success"/><Result ActionType="Start"
CommandId="1" TS="128031691694557500"><Content CST="128031691676430000"
Id="300016768" Status="Opened"><Group Audio="" Id="1" Name="Main Room"
Owner="0" Type="Default"><Member Audio="" AudioNotified=""
AudioConnection="" AudioConnectionType="" AudioId="-1" Name="Unknown"
PhoneNum="" QA="" Speaking="" ConnQ="0" Emoticon="" Id="0"
JT="128031691676430000" Name="5000038" Pid="" Role="Leader" S="1"
Status="Added" Type="Data"/><Chat Id="2" Owner="0" S="0"
Status="Started"/><Recorder Id="3" S="1"
Status="Stopped"/><Presentation Id="17" S="1"
Status="Stopped"/><Presentation Id="18" S="1" Status="Stopped"/><AppS
Id="19" S="1" Status="Stopped"/><File Id="22" S="1"
Status="Stopped"/></Group></Content></Result></Response>

15:52:50: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="2"
TS="128031691709138553"><Destination ContentId="300016768"
GroupId="1"><Member Id="0"/></Destination><Action
Type="Get"/></Command></CommandList>

15:52:50: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="3"
TS="128031691709338845"><Destination ContentId="300016768"/><Action
Type="Get" Scope="Children"><Filter><Condition
Type="Group"/></Filter></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:51: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="4"
TS="128031691709438991"><Destination ContentId="300016768"
GroupId="1"/><Action Type="Get" Scope="Children"><Filter><Condition
Type="Presentation1"/></Filter></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:51: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="5"
TS="128031691709438991"><Destination ContentId="300016768"
GroupId="1"/><Action Type="Get" Scope="Children"><Filter><Condition
Type="Presentation2"/></Filter></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:51: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="6"
TS="128031691709438991"><Destination ContentId="300016768"
GroupId="1"/><Action Type="Get" Scope="Children"><Filter><Condition
Type="Presentation3"/></Filter></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:51: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="7"
TS="128031691709539137"><Destination ContentId="300016768"
GroupId="1"/><Action Type="Get" Scope="Children"><Filter><Condition
Type="Presentation4"/></Filter></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:51: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="8"
TS="128031691709539137"><Destination ContentId="300016768"
GroupId="1"/><Action Type="Get" Scope="Children"><Filter><Condition
Type="Presentation5"/></Filter></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:51: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="9"
TS="128031691709539137"><Destination ContentId="300016768"
GroupId="1"/><Action Type="Get" Scope="Children"><Filter><Condition
Type="Presentation6"/></Filter></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:51: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="11"
TS="128031691709639283"><Destination ContentId="300016768"
GroupId="1"/><Action Type="Start"
Notify="Group"><Presentation7/></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:51: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="12"
TS="128031691709639283"><Destination ContentId="300016768"
GroupId="1"/><Action Type="Start"
Notify="Group"><Note/></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:52: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="13"
TS="128031691709639283"><Destination ContentId="300016768"/><Action
Type="Get" Scope="Children"><Filter><Condition
Type="Audio"/></Filter></Action></Command></CommandList>

15:52:52: [COMMAND]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="14"
TS="128031691709939721"><Destination ContentId="300016768"/><Action
Type="Get"><Property Name="Door"/></Action></Command></CommandList>

[Jürgen Kahrs]

q3*****@gmail.com wrote:

Is there a program out there that can take a quasi-XML file and make it
user-friendly and easy to read? By quasi-XML I mean a plain text file
that is in the format below.

Use an AWK script. The following script works, I tested it.

BEGIN {
n=1
filename = "quasi_xml_dat_" n ".xml"
}

{
if (/^[0-9]*:/) {
if (n>0)
close(filename)
filename = "quasi_xml_dat_" ++n ".xml"
} else {
print $0 >filename
}
}

The result you get is something like this:

ls -l *xml

-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 268 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_10.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 268 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_11.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 268 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_12.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 235 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_13.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 226 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_14.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 249 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_15.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 213 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_16.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 1 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_2.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 254 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_3.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 792 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_4.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 222 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_5.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 248 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_6.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 268 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_7.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 268 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_8.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 kahrs users 268 2006-11-11 19:52 quasi_xml_dat_9.xml

cat quasi_xml_dat_10.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CommandList Id="1"><Command Id="7"
TS="128031691709539137"><Destination ContentId="300016768"
GroupId="1"/><Action Type="Get" Scope="Children"><Filter><Condition
Type="Presentation4"/></Filter></Action></Command></CommandList>

I know the time stamps messes up the format a bit. And these logs have
hundreds, thousands of lines. You can see why I'm looking for something
that can help me read them.

Yes, the time stamps mess up the format.
The script will work for millions of lines.
Notice that the script is only about 80% of a
complete solution because some of your quasi-XML
section have no XML declaration header.