Re: How do I remove an attribute from a file?

I have an xml file that contains a tag called <bit>. <bit> has two attribute: type and status, so it often looks like this:

<bit type="a" status="b">bitinfo</bit>

I want to remove all status attributes when they appear (they are optional), so that the result will look like this:

<bit type="a">bitinfo</bit>

Can anyone help me?

T:\ftemp>type jon.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<bits>
  <bit type="a" status="b">bitinfo</bit>
  <bit type="b" status="c">bitinfo</bit>
  <bit type="d">bitinfo</bit>
  <bit status="e">bitinfo</bit>
  <bit type="f" status="g">bitinfo</bit>
</bits>
T:\ftemp>type jon.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                version="1.0">

<xsl:template match="@*|node()"><!--identity for all other nodes-->
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
T:\ftemp>saxon jon.xml jon.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><bits>
  <bit type="a">bitinfo</bit>
  <bit type="b">bitinfo</bit>
  <bit type="d">bitinfo</bit>
  <bit>bitinfo</bit>
  <bit type="f">bitinfo</bit>
</bits>
T:\ftemp>

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