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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: Search and replace text in XML file?
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:17:45 -0400
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On 7/27/2012 9:23 PM, todd.tabern@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm looking to search an entire XML file for specific text and
> replace that text, while maintaining the structure of the XML file.

For a one-off project, or for experimentation, I would use a proper 
text-editor* and run through with search/replace. For automation, use 
Jason's suggestion of .replace, perhaps on a line-by-line basis.

* By definition, such only make changes you request. Notepad++ is one 
such on Windows. You do not want a word or document processor, or, for 
simple xml oblivious text substitutions, an xml processor. Such things 
often make changes of various sorts.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy