# Sed functionality

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/sed-functionality/159806>\
**Category:** Shell Programming and Scripting\
**Created:** [February 25, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/sed-functionality/159806 "2006-02-25T17:17:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![collern2](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/collern2/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@collern2](https://community.unix.com/u/collern2)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/sed-functionality/159806/1 "2006-02-25T17:17:34Z")

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I have a few xml files and I want to input say 5 parameters within each file. is it possible to do so with sed?

\<parameter\>A\</parameter\>

\<parameter\>B\</parameter\>

```
          ....
          ....

```

And so on.

These parameters are meant to go in just inside:  
\<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?\>  
\<config xmlns:xsi="[http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema-instance](http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema-instance)"\>

of each file? Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![zazzybob](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/zazzybob/32/112_2.png) [@zazzybob](https://community.unix.com/u/zazzybob)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/sed-functionality/159806/2 "2006-02-25T18:23:59Z")

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There are a variety of ways to do this.... sed, awk, "standard" Unix commands....

Exactly where do you want to insert your Parameter blocks in your file? Always after the \<?xml and \<config lines? i.e. line 3 onwards?

Cheers  
ZB

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**Author:** ![collern2](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/collern2/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@collern2](https://community.unix.com/u/collern2)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/sed-functionality/159806/3 "2006-02-25T23:55:43Z")

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Just after:  
\<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?\>  
\<config xmlns:xsi="[http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema-instance](http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema-instance)"\>

Awk or sed, it doesn't really matter. Newbie here