XML parser and linter that supports XPath, a syntax for navigating XML trees.
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- Return all nodes (tags) named "foo":
xmllint --xpath "//{foo}" {source_file.xml}
- Return the contents of the first node named "foo" as a string:
xmllint --xpath "string(//{foo})" {source_file.xml}
- Return the href attribute of the second anchor element in an HTML file:
xmllint --html --xpath "string(//a[2]/@href)" webpage.xhtml
- Return human-readable (indented) XML from file:
xmllint --format {source_file.xml}
- Check that an XML file meets the requirements of its DOCTYPE declaration:
xmllint --valid {source_file.xml}
- Validate XML against DTD schema hosted online:
xmllint --dtdvalid {URL} {source_file.xml}
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