xmlindent(1)

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version 0.2.18 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ xmlindent — the manual, but make it make sense ✨

okay bestie, gather round 💖 this is xmlindent(1), the little tool that takes your crusty unformatted XML stream and gives it main character energy. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

xmlindent — XML stream reformatter

🎀 SYNTAX 🎀

newline position] [-t] [-c] [-f] [-w] [-h] [-v]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

XML Indent is an XML stream reformatter written in ANSI C. It is analogous to GNU indent. 🫶

like... it's the indent(1) of XML, if that helps. it's giving glow-up for your markup. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

every single one, no skipping, periodt. 💜

  • -o output file — write the indented XML to output file. 🍓
  • -i indent level — indent each level indent level spaces deeper. 💅
  • -l max columns — wrap lines longer than max columns. 🎀
  • -t — use tabs instead of spaces. iconic, controversial, valid.
  • -nas — suppress newline after start-tag.
  • -nae — suppress newline after end-tag.
  • -nbs — suppress newline before start-tag.
  • -nbe — suppress newline before end-tag.
  • -f — force newline on elements without children. 🔥
  • -w — overwrite original file. 😭 bestie please be careful with this one, it does exactly what it says.
  • -v — show version. ⭐
  • -h — show command line help. 🦋
lowkey if you're not sure what you're doing yet, hit -h first. that's the vibe check. 🫶

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

  • Pekka Enberg <penberg@iki.fi> 💖
  • Thomas Fischer <th.fischer@gmx.net> (man page) 🎀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

and that's the whole page, no cap. 💜 this man page was brought to you by Thomas Fischer, version 0.2.18 — shoutout to them fr fr, and to xmlindent(1) itself for being the moment. 🦋✨👑

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