Is is possible to generate multiple project files starting from a unique reference/seed file?

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Hi everybody,
it's sometime I wonder if it is possible to do something close to what I'm gonna describe by means of Matlab:
Using an external tool (i.e. Ansys, Abaqus or other software) I engender a "seed" listed (file extension .inp, .db or others) file which will be used as reference for the next steps;
Starting from this seed listed file, I would like to get, let's say, 200 similar project files, containing some slight variations compared to the seed: I mean, for instance, simulation time or any other characteristic.
I will give a short example: I'm currently working on Bladed, software perfoming aero-elastic simulation for wind energy applications; Blade gives me, for instance, the chance to generate turbulent wind fields. The seed code would be the one shown below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<BladedProject version="4.2.0.46">
<BladedData dataFormat="project">
<![CDATA[
VERSION 4.2.0.46
MULTIBODY 1
CALCULATION 3
OPTIONS 0
PROJNAME
DATE
ENGINEER
NOTES ""
PASSWORD
MSTART WINDND
SPMODEL 7
NLAT 31
NVER 45
LATDIM 150
VERDIM 220
LONGLS 340.2
LATLS 42.1482
VERTLS 42.1467
XLV 113.4
YLV 66.3117
ZLV 33.1546
XLW 27.72
YLW 25.228
ZLW 50.4542
LAMBDA1 0
CohScale 340.2
COHDEC 12
SCALE 0
GAMMA 0
YDIML 0
N2 0
YDIMS 0
K1MIN 3
LENGTH 1830
STEP .2233905
UBAR 3
SEED 3
OUTFILE l:\02_turb_dev\50-1\loads\50-1_D116_Validation_adapted_to_AV07\wind\DLC1-2_Kaimal\s1\3.wnd
DIAM 0
HUBHT 0
TURBHTTYPE 0
TURBBOTTOM 0
GUSTAVT 0
GUSTSPEED 0
TOLERANCE 0
DLONGMIN 0
DLONGMAX 0
Z0MIN 0
Z0MAX 0
MAXITER 14
MAXSEED 100
NFILES 1
UseWindShear 0
UseShearToGust 0
WVMODEL 0
MATCHFILE ''
SPACING 0
SAMPLEFREQ 0
MEANSPEED 0
ILAT 0
IVERT 0
GUSTMETHOD 0
DLONG 0
ILAT 0
IVERT 0
LONGGUST 0
LATGUST 0
VERTGUST 0
iLONGGUST 0
iLATGUST 0
iVERTGUST 0
PEAKINESS 0
MAXFRAN 0
MEND
0WINDND
]]>
</BladedData>
</BladedProject>
By means of matlab I would like to be able to generate similar project files for different wind speeds and random seeds (UBAR,SEED) and to save these files in a predetermined sub-folder.
Finally, I only would be glad to know if any of you has a clue/advice to give me. Then, it will be my task to find out a proper architecture for coding.
I thank you all in advance for supporting.
Best regards, Francesco

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