How to extract XML data in shell script?

Question

I'm looing for a way to extract my data from the below XML file structure:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <types>
        <members>**MyClassController**</members>
        <name>ApexClass</name>
    </types>
    <version>51.0</version>
</Package>

The expected result is MyClassController. What is the command I should use and can you please give me a sample?

I'd use `xmlstarlet sel -t -v '//_:members[text()]' input.xml` — Shawn, Jul 07 '21 at 02:19
What if you want to do it in a bash file on CI/CD and not able to install startlet or other third party? — JPM, Aug 28 '23 at 20:07

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '21 at 02:08

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Easier way is, if you know exactly what tag you want you can do

rg -o '<members>(.*)</members>' -r '$1' < your.xml

rg is ripgrep (https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep), a great tool but you need to install

answered Jul 07 '21 at 02:08

Leo Liu

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Thank you @Leo Liu , the code works for my case. – Achiko T Jul 08 '21 at 06:03

How to extract XML data in shell script?

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