xq - Man Page
command-line XML and HTML beautifier and content extractor
Synopsis
xq [options...] [file]
Description
Formats the provided file and outputs it in the colorful mode. The file can be provided as an argument or via stdin.
Options
- --version | -v
Prints versions information and exits.
- --help | -h
Prints the synopsis and a list of options and exits.
- --indent int
Uses the given number of spaces for indentation (default 2).
- --color | -c
Forces colorful output.
- --no-color
Disables colorful output (only formatting).
- --tab
Uses tabs instead of spaces for indentation.
- --xpath | -x string
Extracts the node(s) from XML using provided XPath query.
- --extract | -e string
Extracts a single node from XML using provided XPath query.
- --query | -q string
Extracts the node(s) using CSS selector.
- --attr | -a string
Extracts an attribute value instead of node content for provided CSS query.
- --html | -m
Uses HTML formatter instead of XML.
- --node | -n
Returns the node content instead of text.
Examples
Format an XML file and highlight the syntax:
$ xq test/data/xml/unformatted.xml
Utility also accepts input through stdin:
$ curl -s https://www.w3schools.com/xml/note.xml | xq
HTML content can be formatted and highlighted using -m flag:
$ xq -m test/data/html/formatted.html
Extract the text content of all nodes with city name:
$ cat test/data/xml/unformatted.xml | xq -x //city
Extract the XML content of all nodes with city name:
See Also
https://github.com/sibprogrammer/xq - official website