xml_rpc_madness.rb

def parse_command( command_ary )

  o = ""
  command_ary.each do |l|
    o = o + l.slice(60..-1).chomp
  end

  o.gsub!('><', ">\n<") 
  o_ary = o.split("\n")
  
  child = false
  line = ""
  
  o_ary.each do |x|
  
    if child
      line = line + " " + x 
      if x.match(/<\/child>/)
        child = false 
        puts line 
        line = ""
      end
    else
      if x.match(/\<child.*/)
        child = true 
        line = line + " " + x
      else
        puts x
      end
    end
  end
  puts " "
  puts " "

end

##########################################################

input_file = ARGV.shift
abort 'Need an input filename!' unless input_file 

cmd_ary = []
found_cmd = false
File.open( input_file, 'r' ).each do |l|
  unless found_cmd 
    if l.match(/\A0010\s{3}.*/)
      unless l.match(/\A[0-9,a-f]{4}\s{3}00\s00\s00\s04.*/)
        found_cmd = true
        cmd_ary << l
      end
    end
  else
    unless l.match(/\A[0-9,a-f]{4}\s.*/)
      found_cmd = false
      parse_command( cmd_ary )
      cmd_ary =[]
    else
      cmd_ary << l
    end
  end
end