tldr/pages/common/xml-elements.md

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# xml elements
> Extract elements and display structure of an XML document.
> More information: <http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/docs.php>.
- Extract elements from an XML document (producing XPATH expressions):
`xml elements {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/elements}}`
- Extract elements and their attributes from an XML document:
`xml elements -a {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/elements}}`
- Extract elements and their attributes and values from an XML document:
`xml elements -v {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/elements}}`
- Print sorted unique elements from an XML document to see its structure:
`xml elements -u {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}`
- Print sorted unique elements from an XML document up to a depth of 3:
`xml elements -d{{3}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}`
- Display help for the `elements` subcommand:
`xml elements --help`