Replace a string in a xml file

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hello,

I have below xml file, I want to find line default-value and replace the string within quotes followed by default-value "moni/Websphere/" . Replace moni/Websphere/ with monitor/AMQ/

<monitor>
        <name>WebsphereMqMonitor</name>
        <type>managed</type>
<argument name="config-file" is-required="false" default-value="moni/Websphere"/>
                </java-task>
        </monitor-run-task>
</monitor>
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bash-3.2$ sed "s/default-value.*/default-value=\"monitor\/AMQ\"\/>/" t.txt
<monitor>
        <name>WebsphereMqMonitor</name>
        <type>managed</type>
<argument name="config-file" is-required="false" default-value="monitor/AMQ"/>
                </java-task>
        </monitor-run-task>
</monitor>
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Above will replace every occurrence of a default value. Make it a bit more specific:

sed "/default-value/ s/moni\/Websphere/monitor\/AMQ/" file
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Download Notepad ++ , it will make life simpler. It supports Regular Expressions Which Notpad doesn't. Refer the attached pic