xpath - a script to query XPath statements in XML documents.
xpath [-s suffix] [-p prefix] [-n] [-q] -e query [-e query] ... [file] ...
xpath uses the XML::XPath perl module to make XPath queries to any XML document. The XML::XPath module aims to comply exactly to the XPath specification at http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath and yet allows extensions to be added in the form of functions.
http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath
The script takes any number of XPath pointers and tries to apply them to each XML document given on the command line. If no file arguments are given, the query is done using STDIN as an XML document.
STDIN
When multiple queries exist, the result of the last query is used as context for the next query and only the result of the last one is output. The context of the first query is always the root of the current document.
Be quiet. Output only errors (and no separator) on stderr.
Never use an external DTD, ie. instantiate the XML::Parser module with 'ParseParamEnt => 0'.
Place suffix at the end of each entry. Default is a linefeed.
suffix
Place prefix preceding each entry. Default is nothing.
prefix
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XML::XPath
This module is copyright 2000 AxKit.com Ltd. This is free software, and as such comes with NO WARRANTY. No dates are used in this module. You may distribute this module under the terms of either the Gnu GPL, or the Artistic License (the same terms as Perl itself).
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To install XML::XPath, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm XML::XPath
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install XML::XPath
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.