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Grep replace in multiple xml files

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I have below command to find all the .xml files containing the <active>true</active> having <codePool>community</codePool> after that line on next line.

grep -rzl '<active>true</active>.*<codePool>community</codePool>' --include='*.xml' --color=always

Now how to combine this with sed to replace true string inside the <active>... tag to false string along those matched lines ?

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answered 1 Year ago fishutt · Accepted Answer

Thanks for the answer @glennjackman, I was also successfull achieving my requirement with the following code, it is vulnerable in-case the input changes, but it will be consistent keeping the fixed directory structure and file format of xml files of Magento, in mind:

for filename in *.xml; do

    if grep -q '<codePool>community</codePool>' "$filename"; then

        if [[ $filename != *"Mage_"* ]]; then

            sed -i.bak 's/<active>true</active>/<active>false</active>/g' "$filename"

        fi

    fi

done

This way I was also able to backup those files first, that were going to be modified, just the way I wanted.

Hope this simplifies things and redirects all/as many as possible people to using domestic libraries rather than installing third party tools which aren't allowed to install on Remote SSH/VPN networks.