1QEXO(1) General Commands Manual QEXO(1)
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6 qexo - the XQuery language implemented on a Java VM
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9 qexo [options]
10 java kawa.repl --xquery [options]
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13 This manual page documents briefly the qexo package, an XQuery imple‐
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17 XQuery is a new language designed for querying, manipulating, and gen‐
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20 Using the qexo script is equivalent to invoking an interpreter of the
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24 This manual page is just a quick synopsis. For more information, see
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67 http://www.gnu.org/software/qxeo/ ⟨http://www.gnu.org/software/qxeo/⟩ -
68 the qexo home page. http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/
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70 htpp://www.w3.org/XML/Query ⟨htpp://www.w3.org/XML/Query⟩ - the W3C
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