I'm working on a script which deals with an xml file. I'd like to update an attribute value in this xml file with xmlstarlet but it doesn't work.
Here is a sample of the xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<channel name="xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts" version="1.0">
<property name="commands" type="empty">
<property name="default" type="empty">
<property name="<Alt>F2" type="empty"/>
<property name="<Control><Alt>Delete" type="empty"/>
<property name="XF86Display" type="string" value="xrandr --output LVDS --auto --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050_60.00 --right-of LVDS"/>
</property>
<property name="custom" type="empty">
<property name="<Alt>F2" type="string" value="xfrun4"/>
<property name="<Control><Alt>Delete" type="string" value="xflock4"/>
<property name="XF86Display" type="string" value="xrandr --output LVDS --auto --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050_60.00 --right-of LVDS"/>
<property name="override" type="bool" value="true"/>
</property>
</property>
</channel>
And here is the command to update the property with the name "XF86Display" in the custom property node.
xmlstarlet edit \
--update "/xml/channel[@name=xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts]/property[@name=commands]/property[@name=custom]/property[@name=XF86Display]/@value" \
--value "test" xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
This output is strictly the same to the input...
Thank you
This works for me (the root is <channel>
; attribute values quoted):
xmlstarlet edit \
--update "/channel[@name='xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts']/property[@name='commands']/property[@name='custom']/property[@name='XF86Display']/@value" \
--value "test" xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
Or simpler:
xmlstarlet edit \
--update "//property[@name='XF86Display']/@value" \
--value "test" xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml