Shell script parse xml in linux
How to use shell script parse xml file . In this tutorial, I will use grep command, awk command and sed command Reading xml file extracting value in linux . For example xml person file as below <person> <sex>Male</sex> < firstname >Huu</ firstname > <lastname>Phan</lastname> <sex>female</sex> < firstname >Miranda</ firstname > <lastname>Kerr</lastname> </person> How to extracting value Huu and Miranda of < firstname > < /firstname > Use grep command [huupv@huupv huuphan.com]$ grep -oP '(?<=<firstname>).*(?=</firstname)' person.xml Use awk command [huupv@huupv huuphan.com]$ awk -F "[><]" '/firstname/{print $3}' person.xml Use sed command [huupv@huupv huuphan.com]$ sed -n '/firstname/{s/.*<firstname>//;s/<\/firstname.*//;p;}' person.xml The result, Shell script parse xml in linux