XALAN(1)

✨ NAME ✨

Xalan 🦋 okay so this is the manual name, and it's giving XSLT transformer energy. Xalan is how you transform XML documents using a stylesheet 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Xalan [OPTIONS] source stylesheet

Bestie, that's the whole vibe: Xalan, then your options, then the source and the stylesheet. Simple, clean, iconic 💅

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Okay so Xalan takes your XML documents and runs them through a stylesheet that follows the XSLT 1.0 standards. Main character energy, no cap 👑

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Lowkey the most important bit: a dash (-) as the source argument means Xalan reads from stdin 🧚 Just don't use - for both arguments, that's a no-go 💀

• -a — Ooh, this one tells Xalan to use the xml-stylesheet PI instead of the stylesheet argument 🫶
• -e encoding — Forces the output to use the encoding you specify 🌈
• -i integer — Sets the indent to the amount you give it 🍓
• -m — Leaves out the META tag in HTML output. Bye bye, META 👋
• -o filename — Writes the output into the file you name, instead of the usual spot 📄
• -p name expression — Sets a stylesheet parameter, so you can pass in your own values ✨
• -t — Shows timing info. Ngl, it's giving stopwatch 🔥
• -u — Turns off escaping of URLs in HTML output 🦋
• -? — Pulls up a help message when you're lost, iykyk 🙈
• -v — Validates your source documents. Quality check, periodt 💅

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Heads up bestie: the -u option turns OFF URL escaping, so only use it if you know what you're doing with those URLs 😭

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Sooo that's the whole page! Shoutout to the Xalan manual, April 2024 ⭐🌈💖