Nick Wellnhofer | 09f51ec | 2017-10-24 14:29:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>xmllint</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry"><a name="idm1"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>xmllint — command line <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> tool</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">xmllint</code> [ <code class="option">--version</code> | <code class="option">--debug</code> | <code class="option">--shell</code> | <code class="option">--xpath "<em class="replaceable"><code>XPath_expression</code></em>"</code> | <code class="option">--debugent</code> | <code class="option">--copy</code> | <code class="option">--recover</code> | <code class="option">--noent</code> | <code class="option">--noout</code> | <code class="option">--nonet</code> | <code class="option">--path "<em class="replaceable"><code>PATH(S)</code></em>"</code> | <code class="option">--load-trace</code> | <code class="option">--htmlout</code> | <code class="option">--nowrap</code> | <code class="option">--valid</code> | <code class="option">--postvalid</code> | <code class="option">--dtdvalid <em class="replaceable"><code>URL</code></em></code> | <code class="option">--dtdvalidfpi <em class="replaceable"><code>FPI</code></em></code> | <code class="option">--timing</code> | <code class="option">--output <em class="replaceable"><code>FILE</code></em></code> | <code class="option">--repeat</code> | <code class="option">--insert</code> | <code class="option">--compress</code> | <code class="option">--html</code> | <code class="option">--xmlout</code> | <code class="option">--push</code> | <code class="option">--memory</code> | <code class="option">--maxmem <em class="replaceable"><code>NBBYTES</code></em></code> | <code class="option">--nowarning</code> | <code class="option">--noblanks</code> | <code class="option">--nocdata</code> | <code class="option">--format</code> | <code class="option">--encode <em class="replaceable"><code>ENCODING</code></em></code> | <code class="option">--dropdtd</code> | <code class="option">--nsclean</code> | <code class="option">--testIO</code> | <code class="option">--catalogs</code> | <code class="option">--nocatalogs</code> | <code class="option">--auto</code> | <code class="option">--xinclude</code> | <code class="option">--noxincludenode</code> | <code class="option">--loaddtd</code> | <code class="option">--dtdattr</code> | <code class="option">--stream</code> | <code class="option">--walker</code> | <code class="option">--pattern <em class="replaceable"><code>PATTERNVALUE</code></em></code> | <code class="option">--chkregister</code> | <code class="option">--relaxng <em class="replaceable"><code>SCHEMA</code></em></code> | <code class="option">--schema <em class="replaceable"><code>SCHEMA</code></em></code> | <code class="option">--c14n</code> ] { <em class="replaceable"><code>XML-FILE(S)</code></em>... | - }</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">xmllint</code> <code class="option">--help</code> </p></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="description"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p> |
| 2 | The <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> program parses one or more <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> files, |
| 3 | specified on the command line as <em class="replaceable"><code>XML-FILE</code></em> |
| 4 | (or the standard input if the filename provided |
| 5 | is <span class="bold"><strong>-</strong></span> ). It prints various types of |
| 6 | output, depending upon the options selected. It is useful for detecting |
| 7 | errors both in <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> code and in |
| 8 | the <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> parser itself. |
| 9 | </p><p><span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> is included in <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">libxml</span>(3)</span>.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="options"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><p> |
| 10 | <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> accepts the following options (in alphabetical order): |
| 11 | </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--auto</code></span></dt><dd><p>Generate a small document for testing purposes.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--catalogs</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 12 | Use the <acronym class="acronym">SGML</acronym> catalog(s) from <code class="envar">SGML_CATALOG_FILES</code>. |
| 13 | Otherwise <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> catalogs starting |
| 14 | from <code class="filename">/etc/xml/catalog</code> are used by default. |
| 15 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--chkregister</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 16 | Turn on node registration. Useful for developers testing <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">libxml</span>(3)</span> node tracking code. |
| 17 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--compress</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 18 | Turn on <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gzip</span>(1)</span> compression of output. |
| 19 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--copy</code></span></dt><dd><p>Test the internal copy implementation.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--c14n</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 20 | Use the W3C <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> Canonicalisation (<acronym class="acronym">C14N</acronym>) to |
| 21 | serialize the result of parsing to <code class="filename">stdout</code>. |
| 22 | It keeps comments in the result. |
| 23 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--dtdvalid <em class="replaceable"><code>URL</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 24 | Use the <acronym class="acronym">DTD</acronym> specified by |
| 25 | an <em class="replaceable"><code>URL</code></em> for validation. |
| 26 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--dtdvalidfpi <em class="replaceable"><code>FPI</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 27 | Use the <acronym class="acronym">DTD</acronym> specified by a Formal Public |
| 28 | Identifier <em class="replaceable"><code>FPI</code></em> for validation, note that this |
| 29 | will require a catalog exporting that Formal Public Identifier to work. |
| 30 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--debug</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 31 | Parse a file and output an annotated tree of the |
| 32 | in-memory version of the document. |
| 33 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--debugent</code></span></dt><dd><p>Debug the entities defined in the document.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--dropdtd</code></span></dt><dd><p>Remove <acronym class="acronym">DTD</acronym> from output.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--dtdattr</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 34 | Fetch external <acronym class="acronym">DTD</acronym> and populate the tree with |
| 35 | inherited attributes. |
| 36 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--encode <em class="replaceable"><code>ENCODING</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>Output in the given encoding. Note that this works for full document not fragments or result from XPath queries.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--format</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 37 | Reformat and reindent the output. The <code class="envar">XMLLINT_INDENT</code> |
| 38 | environment variable controls the indentation. The default value is two |
| 39 | spaces " "). |
| 40 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>Print out a short usage summary for <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--html</code></span></dt><dd><p>Use the <acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> parser.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--htmlout</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 41 | Output results as an <acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> file. This |
| 42 | causes <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> to output the necessary <acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> |
| 43 | tags surrounding the result tree output so the results can be |
| 44 | displayed/viewed in a browser. |
| 45 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--insert</code></span></dt><dd><p>Test for valid insertions.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--loaddtd</code></span></dt><dd><p>Fetch an external <acronym class="acronym">DTD</acronym>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--load-trace</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 46 | Display all the documents loaded during the processing |
| 47 | to <code class="filename">stderr</code>. |
| 48 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--maxmem <em class="replaceable"><code>NNBYTES</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 49 | Test the parser memory support. <em class="replaceable"><code>NNBYTES</code></em> |
| 50 | is the maximum number of bytes the library is allowed to allocate. |
| 51 | This can also be used to make sure batch processing |
| 52 | of <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> files will not exhaust the virtual memory |
| 53 | of the server running them. |
| 54 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--memory</code></span></dt><dd><p>Parse from memory.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--noblanks</code></span></dt><dd><p>Drop ignorable blank spaces.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--nocatalogs</code></span></dt><dd><p>Do not use any catalogs.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--nocdata</code></span></dt><dd><p>Substitute CDATA section by equivalent text nodes.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--noent</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 55 | Substitute entity values for entity references. By default, <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> |
| 56 | leaves entity references in place. |
| 57 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--nonet</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 58 | Do not use the Internet to fetch <acronym class="acronym">DTD</acronym>s or entities. |
| 59 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--noout</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 60 | Suppress output. By default, <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> outputs the result tree. |
| 61 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--nowarning</code></span></dt><dd><p>Do not emit warnings from the parser and/or validator.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--nowrap</code></span></dt><dd><p>Do not output <acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> doc wrapper.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--noxincludenode</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 62 | Do XInclude processing but do not generate XInclude start and end nodes. |
| 63 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--nsclean</code></span></dt><dd><p>Remove redundant namespace declarations.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--output <em class="replaceable"><code>FILE</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 64 | Define a file path where <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> will save the result of parsing. |
| 65 | Usually the programs build a tree and save it |
| 66 | on <code class="filename">stdout</code>, with this option |
| 67 | the result <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> instance will be saved onto a file. |
| 68 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--path "<em class="replaceable"><code>PATH(S)</code></em>"</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 69 | Use the (space- or colon-separated) list of filesystem paths specified |
| 70 | by <em class="replaceable"><code>PATHS</code></em> to load <acronym class="acronym">DTD</acronym>s or |
| 71 | entities. Enclose space-separated lists by quotation marks. |
| 72 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--pattern <em class="replaceable"><code>PATTERNVALUE</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 73 | Used to exercise the pattern recognition engine, which can be used |
| 74 | with the reader interface to the parser. It allows to select some |
| 75 | nodes in the document based on an XPath (subset) expression. Used |
| 76 | for debugging. |
| 77 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--postvalid</code></span></dt><dd><p>Validate after parsing has completed.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--push</code></span></dt><dd><p>Use the push mode of the parser.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--recover</code></span></dt><dd><p>Output any parsable portions of an invalid document.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--relaxng <em class="replaceable"><code>SCHEMA</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 78 | Use RelaxNG file named <em class="replaceable"><code>SCHEMA</code></em> |
| 79 | for validation. |
| 80 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--repeat</code></span></dt><dd><p>Repeat 100 times, for timing or profiling.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--schema <em class="replaceable"><code>SCHEMA</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 81 | Use a W3C <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> Schema file |
| 82 | named <em class="replaceable"><code>SCHEMA</code></em> for validation. |
| 83 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--shell</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 84 | Run a navigating shell. Details on available commands in shell mode |
| 85 | are below (see <a class="xref" href="#shell" title="SHELL COMMANDS">the section called “SHELL COMMANDS”</a>). |
| 86 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--xpath "<em class="replaceable"><code>XPath_expression</code></em>"</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 87 | Run an XPath expression given as argument and print the |
| 88 | result. In case of a nodeset result, each node in the |
| 89 | node set is serialized in full in the output. In case |
| 90 | of an empty node set the "XPath set is empty" result |
| 91 | will be shown and an error exit code will be returned. |
| 92 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--stream</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 93 | Use streaming <acronym class="acronym">API</acronym> - useful when used in combination |
| 94 | with <code class="option">--relaxng</code> or <code class="option">--valid</code> options |
| 95 | for validation of files that are too large to be held in memory. |
| 96 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--testIO</code></span></dt><dd><p>Test user input/output support.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--timing</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 97 | Output information about the time it takes <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> to perform the |
| 98 | various steps. |
| 99 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--valid</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 100 | Determine if the document is a valid instance of the included |
| 101 | Document Type Definition (<acronym class="acronym">DTD</acronym>). |
| 102 | A <acronym class="acronym">DTD</acronym> to be validated against also can be |
| 103 | specified at the command line using the <code class="option">--dtdvalid</code> |
| 104 | option. By default, <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> also checks to determine if the |
| 105 | document is well-formed. |
| 106 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 107 | Display the version of <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">libxml</span>(3)</span> used. |
| 108 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--walker</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 109 | Test the walker module, which is a reader interface but for a |
| 110 | document tree, instead of using the reader <acronym class="acronym">API</acronym> on |
| 111 | an unparsed document it works on an existing in-memory tree. Used for |
| 112 | debugging. |
| 113 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--xinclude</code></span></dt><dd><p>Do XInclude processing.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--xmlout</code></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 114 | Used in conjunction with <code class="option">--html</code>. Usually |
| 115 | when <acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> is parsed the document is saved with |
| 116 | the <acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> serializer. But with this option the |
| 117 | resulting document is saved with the <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> |
| 118 | serializer. This is primarily used to |
| 119 | generate <acronym class="acronym">XHTML</acronym> from <acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> input. |
| 120 | </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="shell"></a><h2>SHELL COMMANDS</h2><p> |
| 121 | <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> offers an interactive shell mode invoked with |
| 122 | the <code class="option">--shell</code> command. Available commands in shell mode |
| 123 | include (in alphabetical order): |
| 124 | </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>base</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>Display <acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> base of the node.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>bye</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>Leave the shell.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>cat <em class="replaceable"><code>NODE</code></em></strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>Display the given node or the current one.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>cd <em class="replaceable"><code>PATH</code></em></strong></span></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 125 | Change the current node to the given path (if unique) or root if no |
| 126 | argument is given. |
| 127 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>dir <em class="replaceable"><code>PATH</code></em></strong></span></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 128 | Dumps information about the node (namespace, attributes, content). |
| 129 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>du <em class="replaceable"><code>PATH</code></em></strong></span></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 130 | Show the structure of the subtree under the given path or the current node. |
| 131 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>exit</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>Leave the shell.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>help</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>Show this help.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>free</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>Display memory usage.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>load <em class="replaceable"><code>FILENAME</code></em></strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>Load a new document with the given filename.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>ls <em class="replaceable"><code>PATH</code></em></strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>List contents of the given path or the current directory.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>pwd</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>Display the path to the current node.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>quit</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>Leave the shell.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>save <em class="replaceable"><code>FILENAME</code></em></strong></span></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 132 | Save the current document to the given filename or to the original name. |
| 133 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">validate</code></span></dt><dd><p>Check the document for errors.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>write <em class="replaceable"><code>FILENAME</code></em></strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>Write the current node to the given filename.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="environment"></a><h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">SGML_CATALOG_FILES</code></span></dt><dd><p><acronym class="acronym">SGML</acronym> catalog behavior can be changed by redirecting |
| 134 | queries to the user's own set of catalogs. This can be done by setting |
| 135 | the <code class="envar">SGML_CATALOG_FILES</code> environment variable to a list |
| 136 | of catalogs. An empty one should deactivate loading the |
| 137 | default <code class="filename">/etc/sgml/catalog</code> catalog. |
| 138 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">XML_CATALOG_FILES</code></span></dt><dd><p><acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym> catalog behavior can be changed by redirecting |
| 139 | queries to the user's own set of catalogs. This can be done by setting |
| 140 | the <code class="envar">XML_CATALOG_FILES</code> environment variable to a list |
| 141 | of catalogs. An empty one should deactivate loading the |
| 142 | default <code class="filename">/etc/xml/catalog</code> catalog. |
| 143 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">XML_DEBUG_CATALOG</code></span></dt><dd><p>Setting the environment variable <code class="envar">XML_DEBUG_CATALOG</code> |
| 144 | to <em class="parameter"><code>non-zero</code></em> using the <span class="command"><strong>export</strong></span> |
| 145 | command outputs debugging information related to catalog operations. |
| 146 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">XMLLINT_INDENT</code></span></dt><dd><p>Setting the environment variable <code class="envar">XMLLINT_INDENT</code> |
| 147 | controls the indentation. The default value is two spaces " ". |
| 148 | </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="diagnostics"></a><h2>DIAGNOSTICS</h2><p> |
| 149 | <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> return codes provide information that can be used when |
| 150 | calling it from scripts. |
| 151 | </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">0</span></span></dt><dd><p>No error</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">1</span></span></dt><dd><p>Unclassified</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">2</span></span></dt><dd><p>Error in <acronym class="acronym">DTD</acronym></p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">3</span></span></dt><dd><p>Validation error</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">4</span></span></dt><dd><p>Validation error</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">5</span></span></dt><dd><p>Error in schema compilation</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">6</span></span></dt><dd><p>Error writing output</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">7</span></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 152 | Error in pattern (generated when <code class="option">--pattern</code> option is used) |
| 153 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">8</span></span></dt><dd><p> |
| 154 | Error in Reader registration (generated |
| 155 | when <code class="option">--chkregister</code> option is used) |
| 156 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorcode">9</span></span></dt><dd><p>Out of memory error</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="seealso"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">libxml</span>(3)</span> |
| 157 | </p><p> |
| 158 | More information can be found at |
| 159 | </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">libxml</span>(3)</span> web page <a class="ulink" href="http://www.xmlsoft.org/" target="_top">http://www.xmlsoft.org/</a> |
| 160 | </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>W3C <acronym class="acronym">XSLT</acronym> page <a class="ulink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt" target="_top">http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt</a> |
| 161 | </p></li></ul></div><p> |
| 162 | </p></div></div></body></html> |