Re: [xslt] Pull request : xsltproc --fileparam

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent+gnome vinc17 org>]

On 2018-01-17 13:34:07 +0100, Nick Wellnhofer wrote:
> On 15/01/2018 22:50, Edouard Tisserant wrote:
> > I added a --fileparam switch to xsltproc command line to enable loading
> > file content as stylesheet parameter string literal. It also enhance
> > --stringparam as a side effect. I hope you'll find this useful.
>
> > $ xsltproc --param param "2+3" --stringparam stringparam "2+3"
> > --fileparam fileparam test.txt test.xsl test.xml
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > <param>5</param><stringparam>2+3</stringparam><fileparam>Hello World
> > </fileparam>
>
> Why don't you simply use something like
>
>     --stringparam fileparam "$(cat test.txt)"

What if the text is too long for the command line?

Moreover, $() is lossy as it strips the trailing \n characters.

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