Parse XML file for attribute from batch file

Question

I am parsing a XML file like below:

Answer 1

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET "name=name1"
SET "connection="
SET "type="

for /F "tokens=5,7delims==/ " %%a in (
 'findstr /c:"<connection name=\"%name%\"" ^<connection.config'
 ) do SET connection=%%~a&SET type=%%~b

ECHO connection=%connection%
ECHO TYPE      =%type%

Finding the data line which contains the literal string "\" escapes ") then set connection to the 5th (and type for good measure) from the seventh token of the data line

        <connection name="name1" value="connection1" type="abc"/>

using =, / and [space] as delimiters.

Answer 2

Here's the xpath.bat -small script that will allow you to get a xml values by xpath expression without using external binaries:

call xpath.bat "connection.config" "//connection/@name"
call xpath.bat "connection.config" "//connection/@value"

to assign this to a variable:

for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%# in ('xpath.bat "connection.config" "//connection/@value"') do set "connection_value=%%#"
echo %connection_value%

Answer 3

It works, if you use the right tokens and delimiters:

@echo off&setlocal
for /F tokens^=2^,3^,5delims^=^<^"^= %%a in (connection.config) do (
   if "%%a" equ "connection name" echo(%%b %%c
)

Output is:

name1 connection1
name2 connection2