I want to add an attribute to the tag, using xmllint.
Can I do this is through xmllint?
I want to add an attribute to the tag, using xmllint . Can I
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Xmllint in not made to edit XML, so I think the answer is “no, you can’t”.
To edit XML, you can use XMLStarlet, the syntax to add an attribute into existing XML document is:
xmlstarlet ed -L -i xpath -t attr -n name -v value file