# \#xml

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## [Win\_xml help cannot edit attributes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-xml-help-cannot-edit-attributes/42333)

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**Author:** [@akansible](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akansible)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-xml-help-cannot-edit-attributes/42333 "2025-05-01T18:47:35Z")

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I am trying to use win\_xml module. Xml file is simple as following \<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?\> \<config\> \<setting name="mode" value="development"/\> \<setting name="timeout" value="30"/\> \</config\> Play is …

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## [Parsing XML where attribute has period in it](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parsing-xml-where-attribute-has-period-in-it/7911)

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**Author:** [@jrglynn2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jrglynn2)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parsing-xml-where-attribute-has-period-in-it/7911 "2024-08-20T19:24:19Z")

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Hi all…I am trying to parse an XML file. The piece I need to grab is slightly different between versions of the XML. Old Version that works: XML: \<dataSource \<properties serverName="RDS-NAME"/\> \</dataSource\> …