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# xml edit
> Edit an XML document.
2021-08-15 12:19:09 +01:00
> More information: <http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/docs.php>.
- Delete elements matching an XPATH from an XML document:
`xml edit --delete {{"XPATH1"}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}`
- Move an element node of an XML document from XPATH1 to XPATH2:
`xml edit --move {{"XPATH1"}} {{"XPATH2"}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}`
- Rename all attributes named "id" to "ID":
`xml edit --rename {{"//*/@id"}} -v {{"ID"}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}`
- Rename XML elements of "table" named "rec" to "record":
`xml edit --rename {{"/xml/table/rec"}} -v {{"record"}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}`
- Update the value of XML table record ID=3 to 5:
`xml edit --update {{"xml/table/rec[@id=3]/@id"}} -v {{5}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}`
- Display help for the `edit` subcommand:
`xml edit --help`