Convert xml file to csv in shell script?

Question

I\'m trying to convert a xml file to a csv file. I have an input xml file like this:

  
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Answer 1

Take a look at xslt stylesheets and the xsltproc command. If it is just converting unconditionally all data to rows with comma separated values from the cell tags it's a relatively simple stylesheet.

A quick search yielded this: XML to CSV Using XSLT With a few adaptations to your xml it should do what you need.

Answer 2

Parsing XML with Bash has been addressed here before:

How to parse XML in Bash?

That said it seems like a painful way to live.