Use an XML parser like XMLStarlet:

$ xml sel -t -v '//host' -v '//name' file.xml

This would extract the contents of any <host> or <name> node anywhere in the file.xml XML document.

XMLStarlet is likely available through your ordinary package manager. The executable is sometimes called xmlstarlet rather than just xml.

Use an XML parser like XMLStarlet:

$ xmlstarlet sel -t -v '//host' -v '//name' file.xml

This would extract the contents of any <host> or <name> node anywhere in the file.xml XML document.

XMLStarlet is likely available through your ordinary package manager. The executable is sometimes called xmlstarlet rather than just xml.

Use an XML parser like XMLStarlet:

$ xml sel -t -v '//host' -v '//name' file.xml

This would extract the text of any <host> or <name> node anywhere in the file.xml XML document.

Use an XML parser like XMLStarlet:

$ xml sel -t -v '//host' -v '//name' file.xml

This would extract the contents of any <host> or <name> node anywhere in the file.xml XML document.

XMLStarlet is likely available through your ordinary package manager. The executable is sometimes called xmlstarlet rather than just xml.