{"id":252,"date":"2010-05-03T06:40:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T06:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2010\/05\/03\/reading-xml-file-using-shell-script\/"},"modified":"2017-12-27T20:25:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T20:25:20","slug":"reading-xml-file-using-shell-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/reading-xml-file-using-shell-script\/","title":{"rendered":"How to read XML file by using shell script ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"read-xml-file-using-shell-script\"<\/p>\n

This was like the first time where I had to write something that will be able to read something out of a XML file using a shell script. Usually I would use Python\/Perl as my favorite choices in such a scenario but in this one I really *had* to do all within a shell script.<\/p>\n

This is an example of the type of XML file I had to read:<\/p>\n

Fixed a new bug
\nShoaib Mir
\nSun, 02 May 2010
\nshoaibmir[@]gmail.com<\/code><\/p>\n

I ended up having a shell script like this:
\n
\n#!\/bin\/bash<\/code><\/p>\n

#Looking for four keywords in here
\nfor key in changelog name date email
\ndo
\nOUTPT=`grep $key log.xml | tr -d '\\t' | sed 's\/^\\([^<].*\\)$\/\\1\/' `
\neval ${key}=`echo -ne \\\"\"${OUTPT}\"\\\"`
\ndone<\/code><\/p>\n

# Getting the results in four specific arrays
\nchangelogarr=( `echo ${changelog}` )
\nnamearr=( `echo ${name}` )
\ndatearr=( `echo ${date}` )
\nemailarr=( `echo ${email}` )<\/p>\n

#Print all Arrays
\necho ${changelogarr[@]}
\necho ${namearr[@]}
\necho ${datearr[@]}
\necho ${emailarr[@]}
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Which gives me an output:
\n
\nshoaib@shoaib-desktop:~\/Desktop$ .\/readxml.sh
\nFixed a new bug Shoaib Mir
\nSun, 02 May 2010
\nshoaibmir[@]gmail.com<\/code><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Reference:<\/b><\/p>\n

Reading XML file using shell script<\/a><\/p>\n

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