opaxmlindent (8) - Linux Manuals

NAME

opaxmlindent

(Linux) Takes well-formed XML as input, filters out comments, and generates a uniformly-indented equivalent XML file. Use opaxmlindent to reformat files for easier reading and review, also to reformat a file for easy comparison with diff.

Syntax

opaxmlindent [-t|-k] [-i indent] [ input_file]

Options

-t
Trims leading and trailing whitespace in tag contents.

-k
In tags with purely whitespace that contain newlines, keep newlines as-is. Default is to format as an empty list.

-i indent
Sets indentation to use per level. Default is 4.


 input_file 
XML file to read. Default is stdin.