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
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