Im trying to edit a config file using bash. My file looks like this:
<configuration>
<property>
<name></name>
<value></value>
</property>
<property>
<name></name>
<value></value>
</property>
</configuration>
I want to add another couple of <property>
blocks to the file. Since all property
tags are enclosed inside the configuration
tags the file would looks like this:
<configuration>
<property>
<name></name>
<value></value>
</property>
<property>
<name></name>
<value></value>
</property>
<property>
<name></name>
<value></value>
</property>
</configuration>
I came across this post and followed the accepted answer, however nothing is appended to my file and the xml block I try to append is "echo-ed" as a single line string. My bash file looks like this:
file=/path/to/file/oozie-site.xml
content="<property>\n<name></name>\n<value></value>\n</property>\n<property>\n<name></name>\n<value></value>\n</property>"
echo $content
C=$(echo $content | sed 's/\//\\\//g')
sed "/<\/configuration>/ s/.*/${C}\n&/" $file
With xmlstarlet:
Output:
Change the last line by
sed -i.BAK "/<\/configuration>/ s/.*/${C}\n&/" $file