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

This comment use only sh/bash commands and methods ! /test.xml is your XML type file at first question...

#!/bin/sh

cat /test.xml | while read line;do
[ "$(echo "$line" | grep "<host>")" ]&& echo "host: $(echo $line |  cut -f3 -d'[' | cut -f1 -d']')"
[ "$(echo "$line" | grep "<username>")" ]&& echo "username: $(echo $line |  cut -f3 -d'[' | cut -f1 -d']')"
[ "$(echo "$line" | grep "<password>")" ]&& echo "password: $(echo $line |  cut -f3 -d'[' | cut -f1 -d']')"
[ "$(echo "$line" | grep "<dbname")" ]&& echo "dbname: $(echo $line |  cut -f3 -d'[' | cut -f1 -d']')"
done

output:

host: localhost
username: root
password: pass123
dbname: testdb

if u want write this values to file use this method :

#!/bin/sh

cat /test.xml | while read line;do
[ "$(echo "$line" | grep "<host>")" ]&& echo "$line" |  cut -f3 -d'[' | cut -f1 -d']'> /config/global/resources/default_setup/connection/host
[ "$(echo "$line" | grep "<username>")" ]&& echo "$line" |  cut -f3 -d'[' | cut -f1 -d']'> /config/global/resources/default_setup/connection/username
[ "$(echo "$line" | grep "<password>")" ]&& echo "$line" |  cut -f3 -d'[' | cut -f1 -d']'> /config/global/resources/default_setup/connection/password
[ "$(echo "$line" | grep "<dbname")" ]&& echo "$line" |  cut -f3 -d'[' | cut -f1 -d']'> /config/global/resources/default_setup/connection/dbname
done

this method will overwrite your local files used only getting values (your datas will lost from output files)