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I using this command for below xml file.

xmlstarlet sel -t -v '//channel[protected = "True"]/playlist_url' -nl file.xml

and result;

host.net/aa/vodpr
host.net/aa/vodpr/con_tv_r.php

Can I choose a line in result? Example only last line or 2. line?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<items> 

<channel>
<title><![CDATA[*** variable text ***]]></title>
<playlist_url><![CDATA[http://host.net/aa/15_info/]]></playlist_url>
</channel>

<channel> 
<title><![CDATA[*** variable text ***]]></title>
<playlist_url><![CDATA[http://host.net/aa/16_info/]]></playlist_url>
</channel>

<channel> 
<title><![CDATA[*** variable text ***]]></title>
<playlist_url><![CDATA[http://host.net/aa/vodpr/]]></playlist_url> 
<protected>True</protected> 
</channel>

<channel>
<title><![CDATA[*** variable text ***]]></title>
<playlist_url><![CDATA[http://host.net/aa/vodpr/con_tv_r.php]]></playlist_url>
<protected>True</protected> 
</channel>

</items>

To select the playlist_url value from the channel node by position in the list, use position() and compare with some positive integer:

$ xmlstarlet sel -t -v '//channel[position() = 4]/playlist_url' -nl file.xml
http://host.net/aa/vodpr/con_tv_r.php

(in this case, you could use just [4] in place of [position() = 4]).

$ xmlstarlet sel -t -v '//channel[position() > 2]/playlist_url' -nl file.xml
http://host.net/aa/vodpr/
http://host.net/aa/vodpr/con_tv_r.php

To get the last two from a list of unknown length, combine the test with last():

$ xmlstarlet sel -t -v '//channel[position() >= last() - 1]/playlist_url' -nl file.xml
http://host.net/aa/vodpr/
http://host.net/aa/vodpr/con_tv_r.php

To get the second "protected" URL:

$ xmlstarlet sel -t -v '//channel[protected = "True"][2]/playlist_url' -nl file.xml
http://host.net/aa/vodpr/con_tv_r.php