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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2. s='    some text
  3.     <addresses>
  4.       <something/>
  5.     </addresses>
  6.     some more text
  7.     <addresses xmlns="namespace">
  8.       <could be anything/>
  9.     </addresses>
  10.     some other text
  11.     <addresses>
  12.       <something else/>
  13.     </addresses>
  14.     ...'
  15. ad='addresses'
  16. nm='namespace'
  17. perl -0777 -pe 's~<('"$ad"')\s+xmlns="('"$nm"')">[^<]*(?:<(?!/\1>)[^<]*)*\K</\1>~</$2:$1>~' <<< "$s"
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 5500KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
    some text
    <addresses>
      <something/>
    </addresses>
    some more text
    <addresses xmlns="namespace">
      <could be anything/>
    </namespace:addresses>
    some other text
    <addresses>
      <something else/>
    </addresses>
    ...
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language:
Bash (bash 5.0.3)
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3 years ago
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