Using bash to add an xml tag to specific location

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Hi I've been looking around for a while and haven't found a viable solution. I am new to bash so apologies!

I am trying to add an xml function tag <generalSideMenu /> to a specific position in an xml file underneath <null>.

I also want to run this script from a text file that I am running line by line from the controller.

Hope that all makes sense and thank you in advance for your help!

Parsing xml with base/sed/awk whatever is a definitely bad idea. Use proper parser libraries from Ruby/Python whatever you want to — ДМИТРИЙ МАЛИКОВ
– ДМИТРИЙ МАЛИКОВ, Commented Oct 23, 2014 at 12:20

choroba · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-23 12:24:31Z

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Use a proper XML handling tool. For example, in xsh, you can just type

open file.xml ;
xinsert element generalSideMenu into //null ;
save :b ;

answered Oct 23, 2014 at 12:24

choroba

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