powershell -executionpolicy remotesigned -file .\augeas.ps1 -f ".\foo.xml" -xpath "/configuration/herp/foo" -value "84" -verbose
You must wrap the path and xpath in doublequotes I find
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| # Based on this script https://ask.puppetlabs.com/question/4749/augeas-or-alternative-xml-modification-on-windows/ | |
| # I had to flip the logic if $node.NodeType -ne 'Element' to get it to work properly | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| param ( | |
| [string] $filename = $(throw "filename is a required parameter"), | |
| [string] $xpath = $(throw "xpath is a required parameter"), | |
| [string] $value = $(throw "value is a required parameter") | |
| ) | |
| write-verbose "Received arguments:" | |
| write-verbose "filename: ""$filename""" | |
| write-verbose "xpath: ""$xpath""" | |
| write-verbose "value: ""$value""`n" | |
| $xml = [xml](Get-Content $filename) | |
| try {$nodes = $xml.SelectNodes($xpath)} | |
| catch {Write-Verbose "I cound't find any nodes"; exit 1} | |
| echo "I've got nodes" $nodes | |
| if ($nodes.count -eq 0) {write-verbose "No match in XML file"} | |
| foreach ($node in $nodes) { | |
| Write-Verbose "Found $($node) with type $($node.NodeType) " | |
| echo "node InnerXml is"$node.InnerXml | |
| echo "node Value is "$node.Value | |
| echo "node type is" $node.NodeType | |
| if ($node -ne $null) { | |
| if ($node.NodeType -ne "Element") { | |
| Write-Verbose "Replaced InnerXml ""$($node.InnerXml)"" with ""$value""" | |
| $node.InnerXml = $value | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| Write-Verbose "Replaced Value ""$($node.Value)"" with ""$value""" | |
| $node.Value = $value | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| $xml.save($filename) |
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| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> | |
| <configuration> | |
| <herp> | |
| <foo value="42" /> | |
| </herp> | |
| <woot /> | |
| </configuration> |
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| # A script that manipulates xml documents just like augeas | |
| # Written by spuder, borrowed parts from https://ask.puppetlabs.com/question/4749/augeas-or-alternative-xml-modification-on-windows/ | |
| # .\xmlModify.ps1 -filename "c:\foobar.xml" -xpath "/configuration/foo" -element "bacon" -attribute_key "isGood" -attribute_value "true" -text "I love bacon" -verbose | |
| #<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> | |
| #<configuration> | |
| # <foo/> | |
| # <bacon isGood="true">I love bacon</bacon> | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| param ( | |
| [string] $filename = $(throw "filename is a required parameter"), | |
| [string] $xpath = $(throw "xpath is a required parameter"), | |
| [string] $element = $(throw "node is a required parameter"), | |
| [string] $attribute_key = "", | |
| [string] $attribute_value = "", | |
| [string] $text = "" | |
| ) | |
| write-verbose "Received arguments:" | |
| write-verbose "filename: ""$filename""" | |
| write-verbose "xpath: ""$xpath""" | |
| write-verbose "element: ""$element""" | |
| write-verbose "attribute_key: ""$attribute_key""" | |
| write-verbose "attribute_value: ""$attribute_value""" | |
| write-verbose "text: ""$text""`n" | |
| # Get xml Document | |
| $xml = [xml](Get-Content $filename) | |
| # If path exists, but not node, create it | |
| # If path and node don't exist, error and exit | |
| if ($xml.SelectNodes($xpath) ) | |
| { | |
| Write-Verbose "Found $filename $xpath" | |
| if (-Not $xml.SelectSingleNode("$xpath/$element") ) | |
| { | |
| Write-Host "$($element) does not exist in $($xpath), appending" | |
| $child = $xml.CreateElement($element) | |
| $xml.SelectSingleNode($xpath).AppendChild($child) > $null | |
| } | |
| } | |
| else | |
| { | |
| echo "Could not find $($element) in $($filename)" | |
| exit 1 | |
| } | |
| # Update node value | |
| $xmlItem = $xml.SelectSingleNode("$($xpath)/$($element)") | |
| $xmlItem.SetAttribute($attribute_key, $attribute_value) | |
| #Update text if provided | |
| if ($($text) -ne "") { | |
| $xmlItem.set_InnerXML("$text") | |
| } | |
| $xmlitem | |
| # Overwrite file | |
| $xml.save($filename) |
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