Copy part of an Augeas XML tree into another file

.gitignore

output.xml

copy.sh

#!/bin/bash

orig=$PWD/original.xml
new=$PWD/output.xml
rm -f $new

augtool -s -e -t "Xml incl $orig" -t "Xml incl $new" <<EOF
cp /files$orig/xml/Child[2]/ChildOfChild/Child /files$new/VirtualHost/Child
EOF

cat $new

original.xml

<xml>
<Child></Child>
<Child> <ChildOfChild> <Child>
            <Directory foo="bar" />
            <Foo>bar</Foo>
</Child> </ChildOfChild> </Child>
</xml>