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sed -i -E "s/(<username>.+)name(.+<\/username>)/\1something\2/" file.xml This is, I think, what you're looking for.
Explanation:
\1, \2, etc. in the second part are references to the i-th group captured in the first part (the numbering starts with 1)-E enables extended regular expressions (needed for + and grouping).-i enables edit"in-place" file in placeedit modesed -i -E "s/(<username>.+)name(.+<\/username>)/\1something\2/" file.xml This is, I think, what you're looking for.
Explanation:
\1, \2, etc. in the second part are references to the i-th group captured in the first part (the numbering starts with 1)-E enables extended regular expressions (needed for + and grouping).-i enables edit file in place modesed -i -E "s/(<username>.+)name(.+<\/username>)/\1something\2/" file.xml This is, I think, what you're looking for.
Explanation:
\1, \2, etc. in the second part are references to the i-th group captured in the first part (the numbering starts with 1)-E enables extended regular expressions (needed for + and grouping).-i enables "in-place" file edit mode
sed -i -E "s/(<username>.+)name(.+<\/username>)/\1something\2/" file.xml This is, I think, what you're looking for.
Explanation:
\1, \2, etc. in the second part are references to the i-th group captured in the first part (the numbering starts with 1)-E enables extended regular expressions (needed for + and grouping).-i enables edit file in place modesed -i -E "s/(<username>.+)name(.+<\/username>)/\1something\2/" file.xml This is, I think, what you're looking for.
Explanation:
\1, \2, etc. in the second part are references to the i-th group captured in the first part (the numbering starts with 1)-E enables extended regular expressions (needed for + and grouping).sed -i -E "s/(<username>.+)name(.+<\/username>)/\1something\2/" file.xml This is, I think, what you're looking for.
Explanation:
\1, \2, etc. in the second part are references to the i-th group captured in the first part (the numbering starts with 1)-E enables extended regular expressions (needed for + and grouping).-i enables edit file in place mode
sed -i -E "s/(<username>.+)name(.+<\/username>)/\1something\2/" file.xml This is, I think, what you're looking for.
Explanation:
\1, \2, etc. in the second part are references to the i-th group captured in the first part (the numbering starts with 1)-E enables extended regular expressions (needed for + and grouping).sed -i -E "s/(<username>.+)name(.+<\/username>)/\1something\2/" file.xml This is, I think, what you're looking for.
Explanation:
\1, \2, etc. in the second part are references to the i-th group captured in the first part (the numbering starts with 1)-E enables extended regular expressions (needed for + and grouping).sed -i -E "s/(<username>.+)name(.+<\/username>)/\1something\2/" file.xml This is, I think, what you're looking for.
Explanation:
\1, \2, etc. in the second part are references to the i-th group captured in the first part (the numbering starts with 1)-E enables extended regular expressions (needed for + and grouping).
