Merge multiple XML files from command line

Question

I have several xml files. They all have the same structure, but were splitted due to file size. So, let\'s say I have A.xml, B.xml, C.xml

Answer 1

Low-tech simple answer:

echo '' > combined.xml
grep -vh '\|> combined.xml
echo '' >> combined.xml

Limitations:

• The opening and closing tags need to be on their own line.
• The files need to all have the same outer tags.
• The outer tags must not have attributes.
• The files must not have inner tags that match the outer tags.
• Any current contents of combined.xml will be wiped out instead of getting included.

Each of these limitations can be worked around, but not all of them easily.