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Hi,

I have a simple problem.
I have a script that is trying to place a variable inside a XML tag but it's being ignored.
I am querying a web page that outputs xml and am trying to get the value between certain tags.

URL to query:
"https://www.somesite.tld/monitor.asp?cmd=getNoOfSuccessfulTransactionsVendor&dur=300&vendor=somecustomer"

Result:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
- <vspaccess>
<errorcode>0000</errorcode>
<nooftransctions>55</nooftransctions>
<timestamp>21/02/2011 13:23:10</timestamp>
</vspaccess>

So in the example above I want the value of 55 only.

Here's my script:
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#!/bin/bash

LYNX=`which lynx`
SED=`which sed`
URL="https://www.somesite.tld/monitor.asp"
CMD=$1
DUR=$2
VENDOR=$3
TAG=$4

#
$LYNX -source "$URL?cmd=$CMD&dur=$DUR&vendor=$VENDOR" | $SED 's%.*<$TAG>\(.*\)</$TAG>.*%\1%p'
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So I run:
./XMLData getNoOfSuccessfulTransactionsVendor 300 somecustomer nooftransctions

Unfortunately the $TAG variable is not being read correctly and I'm assuming it's because it's between ''

Any help please?

Nevermind I realised it's because of the single quote character.
I substituted it for double quotes and it fixed my problem.