Hi Monks,

I am trying to make an ldif file to update the entries in the directory using this perl script below. This script is not able to get if the xml code goes in to the second line. For example, i am trying to get the complete value for this attribute:

my_attr1:<order>1</order>
<code>PxED1</code>
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Since code tag goes into second line.My script can't read and search into next line & print.

#!/usr/bin/perl

while (defined($file = readdir BIN))  {
if (($file=~m/test.txt/)){
                    open FILE,$file;
                                    my @lines=<FILE>;
                                           for $line (@lines){
                    if ($line=~/cn=/) {
                               print "\n";
                               print "$line";
                               print "changetype: modify"."\n";
                               print "delete: my_attr1"."\n";
                            }
                    elsif (($line=~/^my_attr1/)&& ($line=~/<order>1<\/
+order>/)){
                                   print "$line";
                                    }
}
}
}
close(FILE);
closedir(BIN);
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The text is below :

cn=abc,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
my_attr1:<order>0</order><code>PxED1</code>
my_attr1:<order>1</order>
<code>PxED1</code>
my_attr1:<order>2</order><code>PxED1</code>
my_attr1:<order>3/order><code>PxED1</code>
uid:abc
cn:abc
mail:abc1@hotmail.com
my_attr2:<site>M1</site>
<timestamp>20060301162200.623Z</timestamp>
sn:def
givenname:abc

cn=def,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
my_attr1:<order>1</order>
<code>PMxED1</code>
uid:def
cn:def
mail:def@msn.com
my_attr2:<site>M1</site>
<timestamp>20060301162200.623Z</timestamp>
sn:jkl
givenname:jkl

cn=jkl,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
my_attr1:<order>2</order><code>P1xED1</code>
my_attr1:<order>1</order>
<code>P1xED1</code>
uid:jkl
cn:jkl
mail:jkl2@hotmail.com
my_attr2:<site>M1</site>
<timestamp>20060301162200.623Z</timestamp>
sn:jkl
givenname:jkl

cn=mnp,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
my_attr1:<order>1</order><code>PM23xED1</code>
uid:mnp
cn:mnp
mail:mnp@msn.com
my_attr2:<site>M123</site>
<timestamp>20060301162200.623Z</timestamp>
sn:mnp
givenname:mnp
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Results of script:

$ ./mymakeldif.txt

cn=abc,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
delete: my_attr1
my_attr1:<order>1</order>

cn=def,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
delete: my_attr1
my_attr1:<order>1</order>

cn=jkl,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
delete: my_attr1
my_attr1:<order>1</order>

cn=mnp,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
delete: my_attr1
my_attr1:<order>1</order><code>PM23xED1</code>
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Thanks for help Zac