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Update and delete nodes in many XML files
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xmlstarlet-snippets.sh
# delete node
find . -name modules.xml | xargs xmlstarlet ed -L -d '//node'
# update attribute
find . -name modules.xml | xargs xmlstarlet ed -L -u '//node/@attr' -v 'value'
# indent with 4 spaces
for i in $(find . -name 'modules.xml'); do xmlstarlet fo -s 4 "$i" > "$i.tmp"; mv "$i.tmp" "$i"; done
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