tldr/pages/common/xml-edit.md

# xml edit

> Edit an XML document.
> 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`