diff --git a/xml/movePermeabilityFromSolidPhaseToMedium.sh b/xml/movePermeabilityFromSolidPhaseToMedium.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#set -x
+
+number_of_medium_tags=`xmlstarlet sel -t -v "count(///*/medium)" $1`
+number_of_medium_tags=$(($number_of_medium_tags - 1))
+
+xmlstarlet ed --move "//OpenGeoSysProject/media/medium[@id=0]/phases/phase/properties/property[name='permeability']" "//OpenGeoSysProject/media/medium[@id=0]/properties" $1 > /tmp/t0.prj
+
+for i in `seq 1 ${number_of_medium_tags}`;
+do
+    i_m_e=$(($i-1))
+    #echo "${i}, ${i_m_e}"
+    path="//OpenGeoSysProject/media/medium[@id="${i}"]"
+    xmlstarlet ed --move "$path/phases/phase/properties/property[name='permeability']" "$path/properties" /tmp/t$i_m_e.prj > /tmp/t${i}.prj
+done
+
+#format the result file
+xmlstarlet fo -s 4 /tmp/t${number_of_medium_tags}.prj > ${1}