xml edit

Edit an XML document. More information: https://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:

xml edit --help