tldr/pages/common/xml-elements.md

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 attributes from an XML document:

xml elements -a {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} >{{path/to/elements}}

• Extract elements, attributes, and their values from an XML doc:

xml elements -v {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} >{{path/to/elements}}

• Print sorted unique elements from an XML document (to see structure):

xml elements -u {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}

• Print sorted unique elements up to a depth of 3:

xml elements -d{{3}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}

• Display help for the elements subcommand:

xml elements --help