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What is the ideal way to parse an .xml file into a .csv file that I could include with my shell scripts. I know bash can't do it but I'm unsure if I should try in awk or sed. I imagine a language would be the best solution such as python but I do not know python nor have I touched it.

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As has been argued before parsing tag structured files warrants a real parser. You could e.g. use Ruby and use Nokigiri to parse XML and the class CSV to output CSV. Also, please add a simple example of input and output so that it understandable what you expect from an answer. – N.N. Feb 21 '13 at 16:36
    
thanks I didn't find that from my search – DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ Feb 21 '13 at 16:41
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You could use Xmlstarlet (AKA xml) as a XSLT transformer and write a specific CSV transform as mentioned here http://stackoverflow.com/a/952389/1481060

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