tldr/pages/common/xml-elements.md

xml elements

Extract elements and display the structure of an XML document. More information: http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/docs.php.

• Extract elements from an XML document (producing XPATH expressions):

xml elements {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/elements.xpath}}

• Extract elements and their attributes from an XML document:

xml elements -a {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/elements.xpath}}

• Extract elements and their attributes and values from an XML document:

xml elements -v {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/elements.xpath}}

• Print sorted unique elements from an XML document to see its structure:

xml elements -u {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}

• Print sorted unique elements from an XML document up to a depth of 3:

xml elements -d{{3}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}}

• Display help for the elements subcommand:

xml elements --help