XML-PRINTF

NAME

xml-printf − format and print data in an XML file to the standard output.

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

xml-printf prints the string values of selected nodes according to the FORMAT. The nodes are selected by the supplied XPATH(s) for each associated FILE, using the common unified command line convention described in xml-coreutils(7).

The FORMAT string follows the usual rules of printf(1).Inparticular,iftherearemoreargumentson the command line than in the FORMAT, then FORMAT is reused.

OPTIONS

FORMAT

The format string consists of ordinary text interspersed with % escape sequences. Among the recognized sequences are %s, %d, %f, which convert the corresponding node value into a string, an integer, or a floating point value. Each % escape sequence can also contain various formatting flags which control the minimum width and justification.

EXIT STATUS

xml-printf returns 0 on success, or 1 otherwise.

EXAMPLE

Print two different tag values on a single line:

xml-printf ’%-20s $%5.2f0 invoice.xml :/invoice/ref :/invoice/total

Print a list of all the entries associated with a particular tag:

xml-printf ’%s’ customers.xml ://name

AUTHORS

Laird A. Breyer is the original author of this software. The source code (GPLv3 or later) for the latest version is available at the following locations:
http://www.lbreyer.com/gpl.html
http://xml-coreutils.sourceforge.net

SEE ALSO

xml-coreutils(7)