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.IX Title "STAG-GREP 1"
.TH STAG-GREP 1 "2009-12-14" "perl v5.24.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
stag\-grep \- filters a stag file (xml, itext, sxpr) for nodes of interest
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&  stag\-grep person \-q name=fred file1.xml
\&
\&  stag\-grep person \*(Aqsub {shift\->get_name =~ /^A*/}\*(Aq file1.xml
\&
\&  stag\-grep \-p My::Foo \-w sxpr record \*(Aqsub{..}\*(Aq file2
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.SH "USAGE"
.IX Header "USAGE"
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\&  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
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
parsers an input file using the specified parser (which may be a built
in stag parser, such as xml) and filters the resulting stag tree
according to a user-supplied subroutine, writing out only the
nodes/elements that pass the test.
.PP
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)
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.IX Header "ARGUMENTS"
.IP "\-p|parser \s-1FORMAT\s0" 4
.IX Item "-p|parser FORMAT"
\&\s-1FORMAT\s0 is one of xml, sxpr or itext, or the name of a perl module
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xml assumed as default
.IP "\-w|writer \s-1FORMAT\s0" 4
.IX Item "-w|writer FORMAT"
\&\s-1FORMAT\s0 is one of xml, sxpr or itext, or the name of a perl module
.IP "\-c|count" 4
.IX Item "-c|count"
prints the number of nodes that pass the test
.IP "\-filterfile|f" 4
.IX Item "-filterfile|f"
a file containing a perl subroutine (in place of the \s-1SUB\s0 argument)
.IP "\-q|query TAG1=VAL1 \-q|query TAG2=VAL2 ...  \-q|query TAGN=VALN" 4
.IX Item "-q|query TAG1=VAL1 -q|query TAG2=VAL2 ... -q|query TAGN=VALN"
filters based on the field \s-1TAG\s0
.Sp
other operators can be used too \- eg <, <=, etc
.Sp
multiple q arguments can be passed in
.Sp
for more complex operations, pass in your own subroutine, see below
.IP "\s-1SUB\s0" 4
.IX Item "SUB"
a perl subroutine. this subroutine is evaluated evry time \s-1NODE\s0 is
encountered \- the stag object for \s-1NODE\s0 is passed into the subroutine.
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if the subroutine passes, the node will be passed to the writer for
display
.IP "\s-1NODE\s0" 4
.IX Item "NODE"
the name of the node/element we are filtering on
.IP "\s-1FILE\s0" 4
.IX Item "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
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Data::Stag
