sed exceptions / if else condition on deleting word on xml

Question

I am currently using a sed script:

cd (root folder) first

find . -name pom.xml | xargs sed -i \"//,/\'<\\/dependencies>\'/s         


        

Answer 1

By using XSLT technologies:

STYLESHEET:

$ more pomConvertor.xslt 



    
    

    
    
        
            
        
    


    
        
    

INPUT:

$ more pom.xml 

 
    com.techstack.scheduler
    scheduler-service
    0.0.9-SNAPSHOT
 

    scheduler-webapp
    war
    Scheduler Service Web Application
    http://maven.apache.org


    
        com.infor.techstack.scheduler
        scheduler-service-core
        0.0.9-SNAPSHOT
    

    
        org.slf4j
        slf4j-api
        1.7.12-SNAPSHOT
        provided
    
    
        com.security.authentication
        oauth10a-client
        0.0.26-SNAPSHOT
        compile
        
            
                xerces
                xerces
            
        
        

OUTPUT:

$ xsltproc pomConvertor.xslt pom.xml                                                                                             


  
    com.techstack.scheduler
    scheduler-service
    0.0.9-SNAPSHOT
  
  scheduler-webapp
  war
  Scheduler Service Web Application
  http://maven.apache.org
  
    
      com.infor.techstack.scheduler
      scheduler-service-core
      0.0.9-SNAPSHOT
    
    
      org.slf4j
      slf4j-api
      1.7.12
      provided
    
    
      com.security.authentication
      oauth10a-client
      0.0.26
      compile
      
        
          xerces
          xerces