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xmllint is a command line XML parser which provides syntax validation, gzip compression, and formatting options.

xmllint is a command line tool that is part of libxml2 which is a C Parser and toolkit that runs on multiple platforms. Download links for libxml2 can be found at http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html

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get attribute value using xmlstarlet or xmllint

I have gone through several of questions since last two days but yet to find a solution. Here is my xml:
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Parse HTML5 with xmllint invalid tag

I'm trying to parse html5 with xmllint, and it's generating errors on certain tags. To make sure it's valid I piped the output through tidy first, but it generated the same errors. I only want to extract the text. Is there any way to read these…
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how can you use xmllint to validate against an internally specified xsd?

I know you can use the xmllint command to validate against local xsd files, or against xsd network file locations, but what I'd like to do is instruct xmllint to validate an XML file against its "internally specified" xsd, for instance this XML…
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Pulling out the version in the pom.xml

I want to append the Jenkins build number in my pom.xml file. I can do this via the Maven Version plugin, but first I need the original version from the pom.xml file. In order to do this, I am using the command xmllint --xpath…
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xmllint: how to convert UTF-8 numeric references into characters

I'd like to convert UTF-8 numeric references into characters in the output from xmllint. To reproduce: $ wget http://il.srgssr.ch/integrationlayer/1.0/ue/rts/video/play/4727630.xml $ xmllint --xpath "/Video/AssetMetadatas/AssetMetadata/title/text()"…
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Inconsistent XSD validation of nested elements using ``

I'm working on a tool to help a user author XHTML-ish documents which are similar in nature to JSP files. The documents are XML and can contain any well-formed tags in the XHTML namespace, and weaved between them are elements from my product's…
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xmllint: xmlns on a non-root xml element?

xmllint --xpath "//project" test.xml fails on 4.0.0 but succeeds if I remove the…
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xmllint DTD validation syntax

Trying to validate an XML document; however, xmllint is insisting on reading the options as the file so I'm getting FileNotFound exceptions. Just to confirm, I have the xmllint.exe in the same folder as my XML file. I locate the directory in CMD and…
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What's the output format of xmllint ls?

Using xmllint --shell, I execute chapter > cat * ------- Getting to Know Penguins ------- Penguins are cute. ------- The Head ... …
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xmllint returns XPath set is empty

What I do wrong? I get XPath set is empty when run the following command. xmllint --xpath './/PackageReference[@Include="Tips"]/Version/text()' sdk/Test/TestSample.xml Please find below the xml file content.
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XInclude using urn with multiple colons

Based off of How to use xpointer with Xinclude to reference elements ... I am having issues including a nested element using xpointer when the namespace urn contains multiple colons. Test1.xml
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xmllint not parsing attributes with --stream

I'm using xmllint on OS X to try to validate an XML file against an XSD. The sample XML is: 2011-08-01 15.23 …
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Need XPath ends-with function

I am having trouble getting an XPath function to work. I am supposed to pull only the entries in the XML file that the name of them ends with the letter 'z' and I cannot get it to work. I am xmllint to manipulate the file with the cat…
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Get Node value from a XML using xmllint

I have a xml called Det.xml like this :
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linux xmllint schema validation fails but error code 0

Command line xmllint --schema validation fails but $? returns 0 myinput.xml:
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