tldr/pages/common/xml-escape.md

xml escape

Escape special XML characters, e.g. <a1> → <a1>. More information: http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/doc/xmlstarlet.pdf.

• Escape special XML characters in a string:

xml escape "{{<a1>}}"

• Escape special XML characters from stdin:

echo "{{<a1>}}" | xml escape

• Display help for the escape subcommand:

xml escape --help