Re: [xml] Is there a solution to have newline delimited output for xmllint ?

[gilles quenot sputnick fr]

My implementation of a wrapper command, named xmllint :

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#!/bin/bash

# 2018-03-23 12:49:27.0 +0100 / Gilles Quenot 
<gilles quenot sputnick fr>
# wrapper script to have newline delimited output on Xpath querys

args=( "$@" )
if [[ $@ == *--xpath* ]]; then
    # iterate over positional parameters
    for ((i=0; i<${#args}; i++)); do
        if [[ ${args[i]} == --xpath ]]; then
            xpath="${args[i+1]}"
            delete=("${args[i+1]}" "${args[i]}")
        elif [[ -e ${args[i]} || ${args[i]} == file://* || ${args[i]} == 
http*://* || ${args[i]} == - ]]; then
            file="${args[i]}"
            delete=("${args[i]}")
            break
        fi
    done
    if [[ $file == - ]]; then
        /usr/bin/xmllint "$@"
    else
        /usr/bin/xmllint "$args" --shell "${file}" <<< "cat $xpath" | 
sed '1d;$d;s/^ ------- *$//;/^$/d; s/^ *//'
    fi
else
    /usr/bin/xmllint "$@"
fi
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regards, Gilles Quenot