https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-replace-lt-with-lt-in-autoexpect-script/m-p/4357861#M345655 According to requirements, I need to find the xml which comes in between &lt; message data &gt; tag and that message tags should be converted from &lt; to &lt; and &gt; to &gt;. How to do this with EXPECT. Any suggestions are appreciated.<BR /><BR />Message looks as follows,<BR /><MESSAGEDATA><BR /> &lt;ASNOutDesc<BR /> &lt;to_location&gt;jqofVPæ±&lt;/to_location&gt;<BR /> lt;from_location&gt;DxZvzWæ±&lt;/from_location&gt;<BR /><BR /></MESSAGEDATA> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:34:17 GMT sweetu 2009-02-13T03:34:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-replace-lt-with-lt-in-autoexpect-script/m-p/4357861#M345655 According to requirements, I need to find the xml which comes in between &lt; message data &gt; tag and that message tags should be converted from &lt; to &lt; and &gt; to &gt;. How to do this with EXPECT. Any suggestions are appreciated.<BR /><BR />Message looks as follows,<BR /><MESSAGEDATA><BR /> &lt;ASNOutDesc<BR /> &lt;to_location&gt;jqofVPæ±&lt;/to_location&gt;<BR /> lt;from_location&gt;DxZvzWæ±&lt;/from_location&gt;<BR /><BR /></MESSAGEDATA> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:34:17 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-replace-lt-with-lt-in-autoexpect-script/m-p/4357861#M345655 sweetu 2009-02-13T03:34:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-replace-lt-with-lt-in-autoexpect-script/m-p/4357862#M345656 Why with expect ?<BR /><BR />why don't you try with sed ?, or even in vi.<BR /> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:22:15 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-replace-lt-with-lt-in-autoexpect-script/m-p/4357862#M345656 likid0 2009-02-13T08:22:15Z