HPR3394: Be an XML star with xmlstarlet

Summary: See the layout of an XML document $ xmlstarlet elements planets.xml xml xml/sol xml/sol/planet xml/sol/planet/name xml/sol/planet/albedo xml/sol/planet xml/sol/planet/name xml/sol/planet/albedo xml/sol/planet xml/sol/planet/name xml/sol/planet/albedo See content of the planet node $ xmlstarlet select -t --value-of '/xml/sol/planet' planets.xml Mercury 0.11 Venus 0.7 Terra 0.39 Get the third instance of the planet node $ xmlstarlet select -t --value-of '/xml/sol/planet[3]' planets.xml Terra 0.39 Get only the planets with an albedo greater than 0.25 $ xmlstarlet select -t --value-of '/xml/sol/planet[albedo > 0.25]' planets.xml Venus 0.7 Terra 0.39 Get only the planets closer to Sol than the third planet $ xmlstarlet select -t --value-of '/xml/sol/planet[position() < 3]' planets.xml Mercury 0.11 Venus 0.7 Learn more XPath functions at Mozilla Developer Network. Download xmlstarlet from xmlstarlet.sourceforge.net.