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