tldr/pages/common/xml-canonic.md

# xml canonic

> Make XML documents canonical.
> More information: <http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/docs.php>.

- Make an XML document canonical, preserving comments:

`xml canonic {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/output.xml}}`

- Make an XML document canonical, removing comments:

`xml canonic --without-comments {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/output.xml}}`

- Make XML exclusively canonical, using an XPATH from a file, preserving comments:

`xml canonic --exc-with-comments {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} {{path/to/c14n.xpath}}`

- Display help for the `canonic` subcommand:

`xml canonic --help`
xml: Changes requested by Starbeamrainbowlabs 2021-08-16 13:23:55 +01:00			`# xml canonic`
xml: add pages (incomplete: sub-command templates only) 2021-08-14 23:17:52 +01:00
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 19:38:24 +01:00			`> Make XML documents canonical.`
xml: Changed "More information:" link. 2021-08-15 12:19:09 +01:00			`> More information: <http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/docs.php>.`
xml: add pages (incomplete: sub-command templates only) 2021-08-14 23:17:52 +01:00
xml: changes requested by marchersimon, which undo the "the" changes previously made for sbrl. The `select`, `edit`, and `transform` subcommands are not yet ready. 2021-08-21 02:33:37 +01:00			`- Make an XML document canonical, preserving comments:`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 19:38:24 +01:00
xml: changes requested by marchersimon, which undo the "the" changes previously made for sbrl. The `select`, `edit`, and `transform` subcommands are not yet ready. 2021-08-21 02:33:37 +01:00			`xml canonic {{path/to/input.xml\|URI}} > {{path/to/output.xml}}`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 19:38:24 +01:00
xml: Changes requested by Starbeamrainbowlabs 2021-08-16 13:23:55 +01:00			`- Make an XML document canonical, removing comments:`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 19:38:24 +01:00
xml: changes requested by marchersimon, which undo the "the" changes previously made for sbrl. The `select`, `edit`, and `transform` subcommands are not yet ready. 2021-08-21 02:33:37 +01:00			`xml canonic --without-comments {{path/to/input.xml\|URI}} > {{path/to/output.xml}}`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 19:38:24 +01:00
xml: changes requested by marchersimon, which undo the "the" changes previously made for sbrl. The `select`, `edit`, and `transform` subcommands are not yet ready. 2021-08-21 02:33:37 +01:00			`- Make XML exclusively canonical, using an XPATH from a file, preserving comments:`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 19:38:24 +01:00
			`xml canonic --exc-with-comments {{path/to/input.xml\|URI}} {{path/to/c14n.xpath}}`

xml: Changes requested by Starbeamrainbowlabs 2021-08-16 13:23:55 +01:00			- Display help for the `canonic` subcommand:
xml: add pages (incomplete: sub-command templates only) 2021-08-14 23:17:52 +01:00
			`xml canonic --help`