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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+# Copyright 2002-2012, OpenNebula Project Leads (OpenNebula.org)             #
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may    */
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain    */
+# a copy of the License at                                                   */
+#                                                                            */
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                 */
+#                                                                            */
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software        */
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,          */
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.   */
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and        */
+# limitations under the License.                                             */
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#
+# Simple command to parse an XML document (b64 encoded) and return one or more
+# elements (refer by xpath)
+#
+require 'base64'
+require 'rexml/document'
+require 'getoptlong'
+
+opts = opts = GetoptLong.new(
+    [ '--base64',  '-b', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT ]
+)
+
+tmp64 = ""
+
+begin
+    opts.each do |opt, arg|
+        case opt
+            when '--base64'
+                tmp64 = arg
+        end
+    end
+rescue Exception => e
+    exit(-1)
+end
+
+values = ""
+
+tmp = Base64::decode64(tmp64)
+xml = REXML::Document.new(tmp).root
+
+ARGV.each { |xpath|
+	element = xml.elements[xpath]
+	values  << "\'#{element.text}\' " if !element.nil?
+}
+
+puts values
+
+exit 0