I'm stuck trying to increment a variable in an .xml file. The tag may be in a file 100 times or just twice. I am trying to add a value that will increment the amount several times. I have included some sample code I am working on, but when I run the script it will only place a one and not increment further. Advice would be great on what I'm doing wrong.
for xmlfile in $(find $DIRECTORY -type f -name \*.xml); do
TFILE="/tmp/$directoryname.$$"
FROM='><process>'
TO=' value\=""><process>'
i=0
while [ $i -lt 10 ]; do
i=`expr $i + 1`
FROM='value\=""'
TO='value\="'$i'"'
done
sed "s/$FROM/$TO/g" "$xmlfile" > $TFILE && mv $TFILE "$xmlfile"
done
The while loop was something I just placed to test the code. It will insert the <process> but it will not insert the increment.
My end goal:
<process>value="1"</process>
<process>value="2"</process>
<process>value="3"</process>
<process>value="4"</process>
And so on as long as <process> is present in the file it needs to increment.
Answer
I just tested your code and it seems to correctly increment i.
You could try changing your increment syntax from:
i=`expr $i + 1`
To
i=$((i+1))