xml edit

Edit an XML document. More information: http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/docs.php.

• Delete elements matching an XPATH from an XML document:
  xml edit --delete "{{XPATH1}}" {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}
• Move an element node of an XML document from XPATH1 to XPATH2:
  xml edit --move "{{XPATH1}}" "{{XPATH2}}" {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}
• Rename all attributes named "id" to "ID":
  xml edit --rename "{{//*/@id}}" -v "{{ID}}" {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}
• Rename sub-elements of the element "table" that are named "rec" to "record":
  xml edit --rename "{{/xml/table/rec}}" -v "{{record}}" {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}
• Update the XML table record with "id=3" to the value "id=5":
  xml edit --update "{{xml/table/rec[@id=3]/@id}}" -v {{5}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}
• Display help for the edit subcommand:
  xml edit --help