I need to make an update on an xml file using a sed command and I'm having trouble with this one.. the it needs to run on both Windows (using cygwin) and Linux.
The XML has the following element:
...
<parameter name="jersey.test.host" value="localhost" />
...
I need to update the value to an arbitrary value, say, "abc".
I tried several commands such as:
sed -i "s#\(jersey.test.host\)\s*value="\(.*\)" />$#\1abc#" "C:\file.xml"
and also:
sed -i "s#<parameter name="jersey.test.host" value=".*" />#<parameter name="jersey.test.host" value="abc" />#"" "C:\file.xml"
But no changes are performed to the file when I run the command, which I bet means I'm not matching correctly.
I would not mind if I could do this using awk as well. Whatever works, as long as the same command can be used in both Windows + Cygwin and Linux.
Can anyone help me out with this one? Any pointers are greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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