tldr/pages/common/xml-escape.md

# xml escape

> Escape special XML characters, e.g. `<a1>` → `&lt;a1&gt;`.
> More information: <http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/doc/xmlstarlet.pdf>.

- Escape special XML characters in a string:

`xml escape "{{<a1>}}"`

- Escape special XML characters from stdin:

`echo  "{{<a1>}}" | xml escape`

- Display help for the `escape` subcommand:

`xml escape --help`
xml: Changes requested by Starbeamrainbowlabs 2021-08-16 08:23:55 -04:00			`# xml escape`
xml: add pages (incomplete: sub-command templates only) 2021-08-14 18:17:52 -04:00
xml: requested arrows and back-ticks. 2021-08-23 21:26:03 -04:00			> Escape special XML characters, e.g. `<a1>` → `<a1>`.
xml: Changed "More information:" link. 2021-08-15 07:19:09 -04:00			`> More information: <http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/doc/xmlstarlet.pdf>.`
xml: add pages (incomplete: sub-command templates only) 2021-08-14 18:17:52 -04:00
xml: added escape, unescape, validate subcommands 2021-08-14 21:49:20 -04:00			`- Escape special XML characters in a string:`

xml: Changes requested by Starbeamrainbowlabs 2021-08-16 08:23:55 -04:00			`xml escape "{{<a1>}}"`
xml: added escape, unescape, validate subcommands 2021-08-14 21:49:20 -04:00
xml: changes requested by marchersimon, which undo the "the" changes previously made for sbrl. The `select`, `edit`, and `transform` subcommands are not yet ready. 2021-08-20 21:33:37 -04:00			`- Escape special XML characters from stdin:`
xml: added escape, unescape, validate subcommands 2021-08-14 21:49:20 -04:00
xml: Changes requested by Starbeamrainbowlabs 2021-08-16 08:23:55 -04:00			`echo "{{<a1>}}" \| xml escape`
xml: added escape, unescape, validate subcommands 2021-08-14 21:49:20 -04:00
xml: Changes requested by Starbeamrainbowlabs 2021-08-16 08:23:55 -04:00			- Display help for the `escape` subcommand:
xml: add pages (incomplete: sub-command templates only) 2021-08-14 18:17:52 -04:00
			`xml escape --help`