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NAME

6       xml_grep - grep XML files looking for specific elements
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SYNOPSYS

9         xml_grep [options] <file list>
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11       or
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13         xml_grep <xpath expression> <file list>
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15       By default you can just give "xml_grep" an XPath expression and a list
16       of files, and get an XML file with the result.
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18       This is equivalent to writing
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20         xml_grep --group_by_file file --pretty_print indented --cond <file list>
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OPTIONS

23       --help
24           brief help message
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26       --man
27           full documentation
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29       --Version
30           display the tool version
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32       --root <cond>
33           look for and return xml chunks matching <cond>
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35           if neither "--root" nor "--file" are used then the element(s) that
36           trigger the "--cond" option is (are) used. If "--cond" is not used
37           then all elements matching the <cond> are returned
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39           several "--root" can be provided
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41       --cond <cond>
42           return the chunks (or file names) only if they contain elements
43           matching <cond>
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45           several "--cond" can be provided (in which case they are OR'ed)
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47       --files
48           return only file names (do not generate an XML output)
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50           usage of this option precludes using any of the options that define
51           the XML output: "--roots", "--encoding", "--wrap",
52           "--group_by_file" or "--pretty_print"
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54       --count
55           return only the number of matches in each file
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57           usage of this option precludes using any of the options that define
58           the XML output: "--roots", "--encoding", "--wrap",
59           "--group_by_file" or "--pretty_print"
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61       --strict
62           without this option parsing errors are reported to STDOUT and the
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65       --date
66           when on (by default) the wrapping element get a "date" attribute
67           that gives the date the tool was run.
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69           with "--nodate" this attribute is not added, which can be useful if
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72       --encoding <enc>
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75       --nb_results <nb>
76           output only <nb> results
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78       --wrap <tag>
79           wrap the xml result in the provided tag (defaults to 'xml_grep')
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81           If wrap is set to an empty string ("--wrap ''") then the xml result
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84       --nowrap
85           same as using "--wrap ''": the xml result is not wrapped.
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87       --descr <string>
88           attributes of the wrap tag (defaults to "version="<VERSION>"
89           date="<date>"")
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91       --group_by_file <optional_tag>
92           wrap results for each files into a separate element. By default
93           that element is named "file". It has an attribute named "filename"
94           that gives the name of the file.
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96           the short version of this option is -g
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98       --exclude <condition>
99           same as using "-v" in grep: the elements that match the condition
100           are excluded from the result, the input file(s) is (are) otherwise
101           unchanged
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103           the short form of this option is -v
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105       --pretty_print <optional_style>
106           pretty print the output using XML::Twig styles ('"indented"',
107           '"record"' or '"record_c"' are probably what you are looking for)
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109           if the option is used but no style is given then '"indented"' is
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112           short form for this arggument is -s
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114       --text_only
115           Displays the text of the results, one by line.
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117   Condition Syntax
118       <cond> is an XPath-like expression as allowed by XML::Twig to trigger
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121       exemples:
122         'para'
123         'para[@compact="compact"]'
124         '*[@urgent]'
125         '*[@urgent="1"]'
126         'para[string()="WARNING"]'
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128       see XML::Twig for a more complete description of the <cond> syntax
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130       options are processedby Getopt::Long so they can start with '-' or '--'
131       and can be abbreviated ("-r" instead of "--root" for example)
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DESCRIPTION

134       xml_grep does a grep on XML files. Instead of using regular expressions
135       it uses XPath expressions (in fact the subset of XPath supported by
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138       the results can be the names of the files or XML elements containing
139       matching elements.
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SEE ALSO

142       XML::Twig Getopt::Long
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LICENSE

145       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
146       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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AUTHOR

149       Michel Rodriguez <mirod@xmltwig.com>
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