Convert xml to key-value pair notation

Question

I use xmlstarlet el -v to display the structure of an xml file, including all the attributes and values. I would like to convert its output to some sort of key-valu

Answer 1

Since you're already using xmlstarlet, you could also use XSLT.

XSLT 1.0 (can be run with xmlstarlet by using the tr command)

Note: There is a parameter named sep so you can change the separator from the command line (using -p sep="/" or whatever separator you want). It's currently set to your preferred ".".

Output

commSyslog.descr=Syslog Service
commSyslog.name=syslog
commSyslog.policyOwner=local
commSyslog.severity=critical
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[1].adminState=disabled
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[1].forwardingFacility=local7
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[1].hostname=none
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[1].name=secondary
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[1].severity=critical
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[2].adminState=disabled
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[2].forwardingFacility=local7
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[2].hostname=none
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[2].name=tertiary
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[2].severity=critical
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[3].adminState=disabled
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[3].forwardingFacility=local7
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[3].hostname=none
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[3].name=primary
commSyslog.commSyslogClient[3].severity=critical
commSyslog.commSyslogMonitor.adminState=disabled
commSyslog.commSyslogMonitor.descr=
commSyslog.commSyslogMonitor.name=
commSyslog.commSyslogMonitor.severity=critical
commSyslog.commSyslogConsole.adminState=disabled
commSyslog.commSyslogConsole.descr=
commSyslog.commSyslogConsole.name=
commSyslog.commSyslogConsole.severity=critical
commSyslog.commSyslogSource.audits=disabled
commSyslog.commSyslogSource.descr=
commSyslog.commSyslogSource.events=disabled
commSyslog.commSyslogSource.faults=enabled
commSyslog.commSyslogSource.name=
commSyslog.commSyslogFile.adminState=enabled
commSyslog.commSyslogFile.descr=
commSyslog.commSyslogFile.name=messages
commSyslog.commSyslogFile.severity=critical
commSyslog.commSyslogFile.size=4194304