xml select
Select from XML documents using XPATHs.
Tip: use xml elements
to display the XPATHs of an XML document.
More information: http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/docs.php.
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Select all elements matching "XPATH1" and print the value of their sub-element "XPATH2":
xml select --template --match "{{XPATH1}}" --value-of "{{XPATH2}}" {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}
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Match "XPATH1" and print the value of "XPATH2" as text with new-lines:
xml select --text --template --match "{{XPATH1}}" --value-of "{{XPATH2}}" --nl {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}
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Count the elements of "XPATH1":
xml select --template --value-of "count({{XPATH1}})" {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}
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Count all nodes in one or more XML documents:
xml select --text --template --inp-name --output " " --value-of "count(node())" --nl {{path/to/input1.xml|URI}} {{path/to/input2.xml|URI}}
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Display help for the
select
subcommand:
xml select --help
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