How to insert subnode in xml file using xmlstarlet or any other bash command?
I have multiple xml files where i want to update a subnode if the subnode project points to different project or insert a subnode if it doesn't exist using a xmlstarlet or any other command that can be used in a bash script.
I have been able to update the subnode project if it doesn't point to the right project using xml starlet command, but i am not able to insert subnode project if the project tag doesn't exist.
I have tried.
The file looks like:
I want the output to look like:
The starlet command i used doesn't have any effect on the file. how can i fix the above problem? any pointers would be great help
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Hello,
I have the following variables set in my env
echo $MY_XSD_FILE
/home/jak/sample.xsd
echo $MY_INTERVAL_VALUE
4
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cat sample.xml
:::::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::
<property name="FILE"></property>
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like
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Hi All,
I need a help on inserting a XML tag.
Actual input
<var>
<nam>abcd</nam>
<a1>.</a1>
</var>
if tag <a1>.</a1> is getting missed in XML like below
<var>
<nam>abcd</nam>
</var>
i need to insert wherever it is missed after <nam> tag and before </var> tag.
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I have 2 <name> tags within the file
I would like to take only the first tag and split the data.
tag example.
From this.
TAB<Name>smith, john</Name>
to
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hi all
i have a problem in the bash shell. i'd like insert in a variable a file for example :
i have a file datafine.log in this file there is :
17/JUN/2019
i want to insert the value of datafine.log in a variable.
Regards
Frncesco
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
xmlstarlet
XMLSTARLET(1) xmlstarlet Manual XMLSTARLET(1)NAME
xmlstarlet - command line XML/XSLT toolkit
SYNOPSIS
xmlstarlet [<options>] [<command>] [<cmd-options>]
INTRODUCTION
XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities (tools) which can be used to transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files us-
ing simple set of shell commands in similar way it is done for plain text files using UNIX grep, sed, awk, diff, patch, join, etc commands.
This set of command line utilities can be used by those who deal with many XML documents on UNIX shell command prompt as well as for auto-
mated XML processing with shell scripts.
OPTIONS --version
Display the version of xmlstarlet.
--help Display help.
COMMANDS
Type: xmlstarlet <command> --help <ENTER> for command help
Available commands include:
ed (or edit)
Edit/update XML document(s).
sel (or select)
Select data or query XML document(s) (XPATH, etc).
tr (or transform)
Transform XML documents(s) using XSLT.
val (or validate)
Validate XML document(s) (well-formed/DTD/XSD/RelaxNG).
fo (or format)
Format XML document(s).
el (or elements)
Display element structure of XML document.
c14n (or canonic)
XML canonicalization.
ls (or list)
List directory as XML.
esc (or escape)
Escape special XML characters.
unesc (or unescape)
Unescape special XML characters.
pyx (or xmln)
Convert XML into PYX format (based on ESIS - ISO 8879).
p2x (or depyx)
Convert PYX into XML.
REFERENCES
XMLStarlet is a command line toolkit to query/edit/check/transform XML documents (for more information see http://xmlstar.source-
forge.net/).
AUTHOR
Mikhail Grushinskiy.
XMLSTARLET(1)