NAME

       xq - command-line XML and HTML beautifier and content extractor

SYNOPSIS

       xq [options...] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       Formats  the  provided file and outputs it in the colorful mode.  The file can be provided as an argument
       or via stdin.

OPTIONS

       --version | -v
           Prints versions information and exits.

       --help | -h
           Prints the synopsis and a list of options and exits.

       --indent int
           Uses the given number of spaces for indentation (default 2).

       --color | -c
           Forces colorful output.

       --no-color
           Disables colorful output (only formatting).

       --tab
           Uses tabs instead of spaces for indentation.

       --xpath | -x string
           Extracts the node(s) from XML using provided XPath query.

       --extract | -e string
           Extracts a single node from XML using provided XPath query.

       --query | -q string
           Extracts the node(s) using CSS selector.

       --attr | -a string
           Extracts an attribute value instead of node content for provided CSS query.

       --html | -m
           Uses HTML formatter instead of XML.

       --node | -n
           Returns the node content instead of text.

EXAMPLES

       Format an XML file and highlight the syntax:

           $ xq test/data/xml/unformatted.xml

       Utility also accepts input through stdin:

           $ curl -s https://www.w3schools.com/xml/note.xml | xq

       HTML content can be formatted and highlighted using -m flag:

           $ xq -m test/data/html/formatted.html

       Extract the text content of all nodes with city name:

           $ cat test/data/xml/unformatted.xml | xq -x //city

       Extract the XML content of all nodes with city name:

           $ cat test/data/xml/unformatted.xml | xq -n -x //city

SEE ALSO

       https://github.com/sibprogrammer/xq - official website

                                                   06 Nov 2022                                             XQ(1)