UPDATE: since version 1.5 the default namespace prefix ‘_’ is available so the solution is reduced to this: xml sel -t -m _:project -v _:groupId -o : -v _:artifactId -o : -v _:version pom.xml Thanks @JamieNelson for the heads-up. Unfortunately, XMLStarlet is very picky about the default namespace. If the document has it declared (xmlns=), … Read more
I had a similar problem: I had a Tomcat configuration file (server.xml), and had to insert a <Resource> tag with pre-defined attributes into the <GlobalNamingResources> section. Here is how it looked before: <GlobalNamingResources> <!– Editable user database that can also be used by UserDatabaseRealm to authenticate users –> <Resource name=”UserDatabase” auth=”Container” type=”org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase” description=”User database that … Read more