Answer by jubilatious1 for Parse XML to get node value in bash script?

Using Raku (formerly known as Perl_6):

I recognize the OP requested a bash script, but since other answers have deviated from this requirement, here's a Raku solution (4 one-liners):

raku -MXML -e 'my $xml=open-xml($*ARGFILES.Str); $xml.lookfor(:TAG<host>).>>.cdata>>.data.put;'raku -MXML -e 'my $xml=open-xml($*ARGFILES.Str); $xml.lookfor(:TAG<username>).>>.cdata>>.data.put;'raku -MXML -e 'my $xml=open-xml($*ARGFILES.Str); $xml.lookfor(:TAG<password>).>>.cdata>>.data.put;'raku -MXML -e 'my $xml=open-xml($*ARGFILES.Str); $xml.lookfor(:TAG<dbname>).>>.cdata>>.data.put;'

OUTPUT:

localhostrootpass123testdb

Briefly, Raku is called at the bash command line, and -M module XML is loaded with the command -MXML. The xml file is opened with open-xml and stored in the $xml object. Then the $xml object is queried recursively for desired tags [ in point of fact, the lookfor(...) code is a shortcut for elements(..., :RECURSE) ]. Then the CDATA values are extracted.

There are other ways to get the desired data, such as simply walking the XML-parse tree:

raku -MXML -e 'my $xml=open-xml($*ARGFILES.Str); .cdata.map(*.data).put for $xml.nodes[1].nodes[7].nodes[3].nodes[1].nodes[1,3,5,7];'

Which can be simplified to:

raku -MXML -e 'my $xml=open-xml($*ARGFILES.Str); .cdata>>.data.put for $xml.nodes[1][7][3][1][1,3,5,7];'

The two lines of code above each return:

localhostrootpass123testdb

https://github.com/raku-community-modules/XML
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[For alternative solutions in Raku, there's also the LibXML module, which provides bindings to the (possibly faster) libxml2 library. See https://modules.raku.org/dist/LibXML:cpan:WARRINGD].