xml-ls prints the first level of hierarchical structure matching XPATH in FILE, in a manner similar to the way ls(1) prints file and directory names, but as an XML file. If no FILE is given, then the standard input is read. By repeatedly varying the XPATH, the structure of an XML document can be inferred.

OPTIONS

--attributes

Show the attributes if present.

EXIT STATUS

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

EXAMPLE

Summarize the third level structure of a document:

xml-ls -a radio.rss :/rss/channel/item

BUGS

It isn’t clear yet what a good display format for xml-ls should look like, and this may evolve substantially.

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