Clone-XMLNode.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script clones an XML element. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script creates an XML document, then creates two 
6.     clone elements. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Clone-XMLNode.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0
11.                  Needs PowerShell Community Extensions too! 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xmlelement.removeattributeat.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\CloneXMLNode.ps1 
19.     <book genre="novel" ISBN="1-861001-57-5"> 
20.       <title>Pride And Prejudice 
21.       <misc publisher="WorldWide Publishing">hardcover</misc> 
22.       <misc publisher="WorldWide Publishing">hardcover</misc> 
23.       </title> 
24. </book> 
25. #> 
26.      
27. $Doc = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument 
28. $Doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" + 
29.                 "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" + 
30.              "</book>"            
31.              ) 
32.               
33. # Create an element 
34. $elem = $doc.CreateElement("misc") 
35. $elem.InnerText = "hardcover" 
36. $elem.SetAttribute("publisher", "WorldWide Publishing") 
37.  
38.  # Clone the element so we can add one to each of the book nodes. 
39. $elem2 = $elem.CloneNode($true) 
40.  
41. # Add the new elements. 
42. $result = $doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild.AppendChild($elem) 
43. $result = $doc.DocumentElement.LastChild.AppendChild($elem2) 
44.  
45.  
46. # Display the Modified XML..." 
47. $doc.InnerXml | format-xml