Bash script Insert file to xml file after specific element

Question

I have a XML file in following format:

 <Country name=England>
  <City name_city=London>
  some thing here
  </City>
  <City name_city=Manchester>
  some thing here
  </City>
  <City name_city=Liverpool>
  some thing here
  </City>
  Many other elements like these ones.
</Country>

And another file like this:

  <City name_city=Hull>
  some thing here
  </City>

Using bash script, how can I insert content of the later file in to the first one at after the element

  <City name_city=Manchester>
  some thing here
  </City>

I'm looking forward to using SED or AWK to solve the issue.

Thanks for your help.

It is no good idea to use Sed or Awk to modify XML. Sed and Awk are for line oriented data. XML is no line oriented data. You have to restrict your XML which will sooner or later break your application. You should consider an XSLT based solution. Try Saxon. — ceving
– ceving, Commented Mar 28, 2014 at 15:17

jaypal singh · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-28 15:26:20Z

1

Parsing xml using sed and awk is never recommended. There are better tools out three. If it is a learning exercise then you can do the following, but like I said, use proper xml parsers.

awk '
/City name_city=Manchester>/ { flag = 1 } 
flag && /<\/City>/ { 
    print $0; 
    while((getline line < "file2") > 0) { 
        print line; 
    }
    flag=0
    next
}1' file1

answered Mar 28, 2014 at 15:26

jaypal singh

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