Code:

sed 's/>/ Results="true" value="high">/'

#!/bin/sh

usage() {
 $ECHO "Usage: [not perfect]"
}

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  usage
  exit 0
fi

cat $1 | grep "execute description=" |  sed 's/>/ Results="true" value="h
igh">/'



if [ $# -ne 1 ];
 then
 usage
 exit 1
 fi

Quote:

Originally Posted by asirohi This does not changes the things inside the xml file permanently. It just print the changes in the Command line. What changes should i make.I am enclosing my script below, when i pass the xml file to be modified from the command line. Code: #!/bin/sh usage() { $ECHO "Usage: [not perfect]" } if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then usage exit 0 fi cat $1 | grep "execute description=" | sed 's/>/ Results="true" value="high">/'

UUOC.

Redirect the output to a file:

Code:

grep "execute description=" "$1" | sed 's/>/ Results="true" value="high">/' > newfile

Quote:

Originally Posted by asirohi Oops, that was a dumb question, that worked but xml file now just has:- <execute description="reboot" Results="true" value="high"> <execute description="Stop Servlet" Results="true" value="high"> where as it should be:- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <start> <execute description="reboot" Results="true" value="high"> <execute description="Stop Servlet" Results="true" value="high"> </start>

Why should it be? You used grep, which will only print the matching lines.

Code:

sed '/^<execute/ s/>/ Results="true" value="high">/' "$1" > newfile