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# xmlstarlet
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> A command-line XML/XSLT toolkit.
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> Note: You will likely need to know XPath: <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XPath>.
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> More information: <https://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/docs.php>.
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- Format an XML document and print to `stdout`:
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`xmlstarlet format {{path/to/file.xml}}`
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- XML document can also be piped from `stdin`:
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`{{cat path/to/file.xml}} | xmlstarlet format`
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- Print all nodes that match a given XPath:
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`xmlstarlet select --template --copy-of {{xpath}} {{path/to/file.xml}}`
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- Insert an attribute to all matching nodes, and print to `stdout` (source file is unchanged):
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`xmlstarlet edit --insert {{xpath}} --type attr --name {{attribute_name}} --value {{attribute_value}} {{path/to/file.xml}}`
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- Update the value of all matching nodes in place (source file is changed):
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`xmlstarlet edit --inplace --update {{xpath}} --value {{new_value}} {{file.xml}}`
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- Delete all matching nodes in place (source file is changed):
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`xmlstarlet edit --inplace --delete {{xpath}} {{file.xml}}`
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- Escape or unescape special XML characters in a given string:
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`xmlstarlet [un]escape {{string}}`
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- List a given directory as XML (omit argument to list current directory):
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`xmlstarlet ls {{path/to/directory}}`
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