Add an attribute using xmllint

Question

I want to add an attribute to the tag, using xmllint. Can I do this is through xmllint?

svick · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-19 19:21:59Z

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Xmllint in not made to edit XML, so I think the answer is “no, you can't”.

To edit XML, you can use XMLStarlet, the syntax to add an attribute into existing XML document is:

xmlstarlet ed -L -i xpath -t attr -n name -v value file

answered Jun 19, 2011 at 19:01

svick

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It can be done with xmllint as shown in this answer