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I am trying to make a .xml file, the bash command need to copy this block of code, and replace the CITY-FROM-TEXT-FILE-LINE-1 attribute from city.txt (one city per line) 



<ss:Row ss:Height ="22">

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">CITY-FROM-TEXT-FILE-LINE-1</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">CALIFORNIA</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">CA</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

            <ss:Cell>

               <ss:Data ss:Type="String">xx</ss:Data>

            </ss:Cell>

        </ss:Row>

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Create a file template.xml containing the text above



IFS=$(echo -en "

") ; for C in `cat city.txt` ; do sed s/CITY-FROM-TEXT-FILE-LINE-1/$C/ template.xml ; done > cities.xml


Commands used




  • cat ; concatenate a file to STDOUT

  • sed ; stream editor



We also use the standard bash for loop mechanism, and redirection to a file.



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