Parse text file with XSLT

Question

I have a plain text file structured like this:

!ITEM_NAME
Item value
!ANOTHER_ITEM
Its value
...

Is it possible to get with XSLT a file sim

Answer 1

This XSLT 2.0 transformation:

when appliedon any XML document (not used) and having the provided text residing in the local file C:\temp\delete\Text.txt:

!ITEM_NAME
Item value
!ANOTHER_ITEM
Its value
...

produces the wanted, correct result:

   Item value
   Its value
...

To test more completely, we put this text in the file:

As is text
!ITEM_NAME
Item value
!ANOTHER_ITEM
Its value
As is text2
!TEST_BANG
Here's a value with !bangs!!!
!TEST2_BANG
 !!!Here's a value with !more~ !bangs!!!
As is text3

The transformation again produces the wanted, correct result:

As is text
Item value
Its value
As is text2
Here's a value with !bangs!!!
 !!!Here's a value with !more~ !bangs!!!
As is text3