Hello Orthan,
Sure, PowerShell can handle this. First convert the content of each file to
XmlDocument, then use an XPath pattern to retrieve the
Target node through the SelectSingleNode Method, if the target node is found, retrieve its
Parent node – in this case the References node – with another
XPath pattern and the SelectSingleNode Method. Now pass the Target node to a call to the
Parent node’s RemoveChild to remove it. Finally call the
XmlDocument’s Save Method to update the file.
$xPath
=
'//Reference[@Alias="IBMHardwareMgmtPackCommon200501"]'
$dir
=
'<your xml directory>'
# <- modify this
foreach
($f
in Get-ChildItem
$dir
*.xml)
{
# <- modify the filter as required
$file
=
$f.FullName
[Xml]$xml
= Get-Content
$file
$node
=
$xml.SelectSingleNode($xPath)
if
($node)
{
$referencesNode
=
$xml.SelectSingleNode('//References')
Write-Host Removing
node
-ForegroundColor
Yellow
[Void]$referencesNode.RemoveChild($node)
$xml.Save($file)
}
}
Make sure to assign the directory’s path where the Xml files are located and change the filter in the call to
Get-ChildItem if necessary.
Note that if the
Target node is not found, nothing is changed.
Robert Robelo
