xml-edit

Edit XML documents from command line

TLDR

Update element value

$ xml edit -u "[//element]" -v "[new value]" [file.xml]

Insert element

$ xml edit -s "[//parent]" -t elem -n "[child]" -v "[value]" [file.xml]

Delete element

$ xml edit -d "[//element]" [file.xml]

Rename element

$ xml edit -r "[//old]" -v "[new]" [file.xml]

SYNOPSIS

xml edit [options] file

DESCRIPTION

xml edit modifies XML documents from command line. Part of xmlstarlet toolkit. Supports inserting, updating, deleting, and renaming elements and attributes.

PARAMETERS

-u, --update xpath

Update matching nodes.

-d, --delete xpath

Delete matching nodes.

-s, --subnode xpath

Add subnode.

-i, --insert xpath

Insert before.

-a, --append xpath

Insert after.

-r, --rename xpath

Rename nodes.

-v, --value value

Value for operation.

-t, --type type

Node type (elem, attr, text).

-n, --name name

Node name.

-L, --inplace

Edit file in place.

INSTALL

sudo dnf install xmlstarlet

sudo pacman -S xmlstarlet

sudo apk add xmlstarlet

sudo zypper install xmlstarlet

brew install xmlstarlet

nix profile install nixpkgs#xmlstarlet