tldr/pages/common/xml-format.md

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# xml format
> Format an XML document.
> More information: <http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/docs.php>.
- Format an XML document, indenting with tabs:
`xml format --indent-tab {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/output.xml}}`
- Format an HTML document, indenting with 4 spaces:
`xml format --html --indent-spaces {{4}} {{path/to/input.html|URI}} > {{path/to/output.html}}`
- Recover parsable parts of a malformed XML document, without indenting:
`xml format --recover --noindent {{path/to/malformed.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/recovered.xml}}`
- Format an XML document from `stdin`, removing the `DOCTYPE` declaration:
`cat {{path\to\input.xml}} | xml format --dropdtd > {{path/to/output.xml}}`
- Format an XML document, omitting the XML declaration:
`xml format --omit-decl {{path\to\input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/output.xml}}`
- Display help for the `format` subcommand:
`xml format --help`