from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse


FILE = r'/tmp/myfile.xml'
# <execute>
#     <command timeout="2">/bin/ls -la /etc/</command>
#     <command>/bin/ls -l /home/ /tmp/</command>
#     <command timeout="1">/bin/sleep 2</command>
#     <command timeout="2">/bin/echo 'hello'</command>
# </execute>

root = parse(FILE).getroot()

for command in root.findall('./command'):
    print(command.tag)
    print(command.text)
    print(command.attrib)
    print()

# command
# /bin/ls -la /etc/
# {'timeout': '2'}
#
# command
# /bin/ls -l /home/ /tmp/
# {}
#
# command
# /bin/sleep 2
# {'timeout': '1'}
#
# command
# /bin/echo 'hello'
# {'timeout': '2'}