Set XmlValue

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external help file: SelectXmlExtensions.dll-Help.xml Module Name: SelectXmlExtensions online version: schema: 2.0.0

Set-XmlValue

SYNOPSIS

Sets the value of a node found by Select-Xml.

SYNTAX

NodeValue (Default)

Set-XmlValue [-Value] <String> -SelectXmlInfo <SelectXmlInfo> [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

AttributeValue

Set-XmlValue -AttributeName <String> -AttributeValue <String> [-AttributeNamespaceUri <String>]
 -SelectXmlInfo <SelectXmlInfo> [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet sets the text value of a selected XML node.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> ('<a href="https://old.example.com/">link</a>' |Select-Xml /a/@href |Set-XmlValue https://new.example.org/).OuterXml

<a href="https://new.example.org/">link</a>

Example 2

PS C:\> ('<a href="https://example.com/">link</a>' |Select-Xml /a |Set-XmlValue Example).OuterXml

<a href="https://example.com/">Example</a>

Example 3

PS C:\> ('<a href="https://old.example.com/">link</a>' |Select-Xml /a |Set-XmlValue -AttributeName href -AttributeValue https://new.example.org/).OuterXml

<a href="https://new.example.org/">Example</a>

Example 4

PS C:\> ('<a>link</a>' |Select-Xml /a |Set-XmlValue -AttributeName href -AttributeValue https://example.com/).OuterXml

<a href="https://example.com/">Example</a>

Example 5

PS C:\> ('<a href="https://example.com/">link</a>' |Select-Xml /a |Set-XmlValue -AttributeName title -AttributeValue 'Example site').OuterXml

<a href="https://example.com/" title="Example site">link</a>

PARAMETERS

-SelectXmlInfo

The output from Select-Xml.

Type: SelectXmlInfo
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Value

The new text value of the node.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: NodeValue
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-AttributeName

The name of an attribute to set for selected elements (ignored for other node types).

Type: String
Parameter Sets: AttributeValue
Aliases: AN, NameOfAttribute

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-AttributeNamespaceUri

The optional namespace URI for the attribute name.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: AttributeValue
Aliases: NS, NamespaceUri

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-AttributeValue

The value of an attribute to set for selected elements (ignored for other node types).

Type: String
Parameter Sets: AttributeValue
Aliases: AV, ValueOfAttribute

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SelectXmlInfo

The output from Select-Xml.

OUTPUTS

System.Xml.XmlDocument

The modified XML document (if not selected from a file).

NOTES

RELATED LINKS

Select-Xml