xml edit

Edit an XML document.

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• 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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