XMLSTARLET(1)           xmlstarlet Manual           XMLSTARLET(1)



NAME
       xmlstarlet - command line XML/XSLT toolkit

SYNOPSIS
       xmlstarlet [] [] []


INTRODUCTION
       XMLStarlet  is  a  set  of  command line utilities (tools)
       which can be used to transform, query, validate, and  edit
       XML documents and files using simple set of shell commands
       in similar way it is done for plain text files using  UNIX
       grep,  sed, awk, diff, patch, join, etc commands. This set
       of command line utilities can be used by  those  who  deal
       with  many  XML  documents on UNIX shell command prompt as
       well as for automated XML processing with shell scripts.


OPTIONS
       --version
              Display the version of xmlstarlet.


       --help Display help.


COMMANDS
       Type: xml  --help  for command help


       Available commands include:


       ed (or edit)
              Edit/update XML document(s).


       sel (or select)
              Select data or query XML document(s) (XPATH,  etc).


       tr (or transform)
              Transform XML documents(s) using XSLT.


       val (or validate)
              Validate  XML  document(s) (well-formed/DTD/XSD/Re-
              laxNG).


       fo (or format)
              Format XML document(s).


       el (or elements)
              Display element structure of XML document.


       c14n (or canonic)
              XML canonicalization.


       ls (or list)
              List directory as XML.


       esc (or escape)
              Escape special XML characters.


       unesc (or unescape)
              Unescape special XML characters.


       pyx (or xmln)
              Convert XML into PYX format (based on  ESIS  -  ISO
              8879).


       p2x (or depyx)
              Convert PYX into XML.


REFERENCES
       XMLStarlet   is   a  command  line  toolkit  to  query/ed-
       it/check/transform XML documents (for more information see
       http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/).


AUTHOR
       Mikhail Grushinskiy.



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