I try to replace string in XML file with sed, but since its regular expression doesn't support non-greedy expressions, I encounter a problem.
XML Example:
<opt>
<Node active="yes" file="/home/user/random_filename" last_time="17/07/14-00:02:07" time_in_min="5" />
</opt>
I want to find the file attribute, which is random string, and replace it with another string.
This command replaces the string, BUT removes the trailing data.
sed 's/file=".*"/file="new_file_name"/' file.xml
Output:
<opt>
<Node active="yes" file="new_file_name" />
</opt>
How should I handle it?
Use "[^"]*"
instead of ".*"
:
<opt>
<Node active="yes" file="/home/user/random_filename" last_time="17/07/14-00:02:07" time_in_min="5" />
</opt>
sed 's/file="[^"]*"/file="new_file_name"/'
<opt>
<Node active="yes" file="new_file_name" last_time="17/07/14-00:02:07" time_in_min="5" />
</opt>
This doesn't use sed
but when manipulating xml documents, you might want to consider xslt. It may be an over the top solution to your problem, but it's a great fit for working with xml.
filter.xsl:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<!-- The replacement string is passed as a parameter.
You can have as many param elements as you need. -->
<xsl:param name="NEW_NAME"/>
<!-- Copy all attributes and nodes... -->
<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<!-- ...but when you encounter an element with a file attribute,
replace it with the value passed in the parameter named $NEW_NAME. -->
<xsl:template match="@file">
<xsl:attribute name="file">
<xsl:value-of select="$NEW_NAME"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
A libxslt example (add as many --stringparam name/value pairs that you need):
xsltproc --stringparam NEW_NAME new_file_name filter.xsl file.xml
Result:
<opt>
<Node active="yes" file="new_file_name" last_time="17/07/14-00:02:07" time_in_min="5"/>
</opt>
$ sed 's/\(.*file="\)[^"]*/\1new_file_name/' file
<opt>
<Node active="yes" file="new_file_name" last_time="17/07/14-00:02:07" time_in_min="5" />
</opt>
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