How do I update a string attribute with xmlstarlet?

Question

$ xmlstarlet edit -L -u "/parse-plugins/mimeType/plugin[@id='parse-html']/@id" -v 'parse-tika' conf/parse-plugins.xml

Why doesn't it replace the plugin id of mimetpes currently using parse-html plugin?

Update value of an attribute

xml ed -u ’/xml/table/rec[@id=3]/@id’ -v 5 xml/tab-obj.xml

(There's one parse-html attribute left, but of course that's at a different path within the document.) — Mark Longair
– Mark Longair, Commented Apr 27, 2011 at 12:37
hmmm..some how re-opening the file (for the nth time) I see it changed! — simpatico
– simpatico, Commented Apr 27, 2011 at 12:42

simpatico · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-27 12:53:49Z

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as Mark pointed out, it works! To check that things changed use

$ xmlstarlet sel -t -c "/parse-plugins/mimeType/plugin[@id='parse-html']" conf/parse-plugins.xml

or the last-modified file attribute.

answered Apr 27, 2011 at 12:46

simpatico

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