How to change the value of XML Element attribute using PowerShell?
You can access the attributes directly in the [xml]
object like this:
# C:\temp> $xml = [xml](Get-Content C:\FE6Work.xml)
# C:\temp> $xml.office.staff
branch Type employee
------ ---- --------
Hanover sales {Tobias Weltner, Cofi Heidecke}
London Technology {XXXX, Cofi}
# C:\temp> $xml.office.staff | foreach{$_.branch = "New York"}
# C:\temp> $xml.office.staff
branch Type employee
------ ---- --------
New York sales {Tobias Weltner, Cofi Heidecke}
New York Technology {XXXX, Cofi}
if we are taking attribute from console and changing its value ?
$path=Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter path of xml file'
[xml]$xmldata = get-content "$path"
$tag = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter tag'
$value = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter value'
$xmldata.InstallConfig.$tag="$value"
$xmldata.Save($path)
Try the following:
$nodes = $xml.SelectNodes("/office/staff");
foreach($node in $nodes) {
$node.SetAttribute("branch", "New York");
}
This will iterate through all nodes returned by SelectNodes() and modify each one.