xmltree

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 2002-10-26
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NAME

xmltree - Prints the XML tree structure

SYNOPSIS

xmltree -i input filename [-o output filename] [-z]

DESCRIPTION

XMLTREE is a tool that strips out all data and repetitive tags in the XML file and displays the basic tree structure.

PARAMETERS

-i input filename: Specify the input filename. If a suffix of the filename is '.gz', the command acts as a filter,
extracting the compressed file for processing. The command will re ad the file as standard input when "-i" is not specified.

FILE OPTIONS

-o output filename: Specify the output filename. If a suffix of the filename is '.gz', the command automatically ret urns the output data in zip archive. When "-o" is not specified, th e result will sent to standard output.
-z zip archive: Compress the standard output to zip archive. When the option "-o" i s not given and "-z" is specified, the output will be compressed as zip archive.

USAGE

Example 1. xmltree -i dat.xml -o rsl.xt Input file - dat.txt:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="euc-jp"?>
<purchase year="2001">
<title>Customer Purchase History </title>
<comment>Artificial data is used for demonstration purpose</comment>

  <CustomerID>

    <Date>

      <row no="1">

        <Amount>273</Amount>

      </row>

Output file - rsl.xt:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="euc-jp"?>
<purchase year="">

  <CustomerID>

    <Date>

      <row no="">

        <Amount></Amount>

      </row>

    </Date>

  </CustomerID>

  <title></title>

  <comment></comment>
</purchase>

BUG REPORT

If you find a bug in xmltree, please send electronic mail to musashi@adm.osaka-sandai.ac.jp. Before sending a bug report, please verify that you have the lastest version of MUSASHI. Read this manual carefully to ensure the error is not caused by a quirk in the language.

AUTHORS

Yukinobu Hamuro, Naoki Katoh, Katsutoshi Yada, Stephane Cheung

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