tldr/pages/common/xml-canonic.md

# xml canonic

> Make XML documents canonical.
> More information: <https://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/doc/UG/xmlstarlet-ug.html#idm47077139560880>.

- Make an XML document canonical, preserving comments:

`xml {{[c14n|canonic]}} {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/output.xml}}`

- Make an XML document canonical, removing comments:

`xml {{[c14n|canonic]}} --without-comments {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} > {{path/to/output.xml}}`

- Make XML exclusively canonical, using an XPATH from a file, preserving comments:

`xml {{[c14n|canonic]}} --exc-with-comments {{path/to/input.xml|URI}} {{path/to/c14n.xpath}}`

- Display help:

`xml {{[c14n|canonic]}} --help`
xml: Changes requested by Starbeamrainbowlabs 2021-08-16 08:23:55 -04:00			`# xml canonic`
xml: add pages (incomplete: sub-command templates only) 2021-08-14 18:17:52 -04:00
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 14:38:24 -04:00			`> Make XML documents canonical.`
xml*: refesh pages (#16432) 2025-05-11 21:14:19 +03:00			`> More information: <https://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/doc/UG/xmlstarlet-ug.html#idm47077139560880>.`
xml: add pages (incomplete: sub-command templates only) 2021-08-14 18:17:52 -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			`- Make an XML document canonical, preserving comments:`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 14:38:24 -04:00
xml*: refesh pages (#16432) 2025-05-11 21:14:19 +03:00			`xml {{[c14n\|canonic]}} {{path/to/input.xml\|URI}} > {{path/to/output.xml}}`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 14:38:24 -04:00
xml: Changes requested by Starbeamrainbowlabs 2021-08-16 08:23:55 -04:00			`- Make an XML document canonical, removing comments:`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 14:38:24 -04:00
xml*: refesh pages (#16432) 2025-05-11 21:14:19 +03:00			`xml {{[c14n\|canonic]}} --without-comments {{path/to/input.xml\|URI}} > {{path/to/output.xml}}`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 14:38:24 -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			`- Make XML exclusively canonical, using an XPATH from a file, preserving comments:`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 14:38:24 -04:00
xml*: refesh pages (#16432) 2025-05-11 21:14:19 +03:00			`xml {{[c14n\|canonic]}} --exc-with-comments {{path/to/input.xml\|URI}} {{path/to/c14n.xpath}}`
xml: draft all but 3 most complex subcommands 2021-08-15 14:38:24 -04:00
pages: make help and version commands comply with the style guide (#12107) pages: use generic word for help git: add newline to the end Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> * pages: make help and version commands comply with the style guide java: fix Java name --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> 2024-01-30 01:55:24 -03:00			`- Display help:`
xml: add pages (incomplete: sub-command templates only) 2021-08-14 18:17:52 -04:00
xml*: refesh pages (#16432) 2025-05-11 21:14:19 +03:00			`xml {{[c14n\|canonic]}} --help`