xml Command Examples

XMLStarlet Toolkit: query, edit, check, convert and transform XML documents. Some subcommands such as xml validate have their own usage documentation. More information: https://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/docs.php.

• Display general help, including the list of subcommands:

xml --help

• Execute a subcommand with input from a file or URI, printing to stdout:

xml {{subcommand}} {{options}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}

• Execute a subcommand using stdin and stdout:

xml {{subcommand}} {{options}}

• Execute a subcommand with input from a file or URI and output to a file:

xml {{subcommand}} {{options}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/output}}

• Display help for a specific subcommand:

xml {{subcommand}} --help

• Display version:

xml --version