XMLMERGE(1)

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version 5.14.1 · 7 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 XMLMERGE(1) — the bestie guide 💖

okay so real talk, this is xmlmerge(1), the command line tool that merges your XML snippets from a whole bunch of files into one. Yes bestie, it's lowercase xmlmerge, that's the whole name, no glow-up needed. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

xmlmerge — command line tool for merging XML snippets from multiple files 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xmlmerge [options] <input file(s)>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the xmlmerge command literally goes around collecting XML snippets that are scattered across multiple files, and merges them all into one big XML tree. It's giving glow-up montage for your fragments. ✨

This tool is used by the build process of AqBanking to merge HBCI segment definitions from several files into one big XML file. iykyk — it's a build-system girlie through and through. 💜

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --compact — try to keep the merged XML data compact. no unnecessary fluff, we love a minimalist queen. 🧚
  • --header — add an XML header to the merged XML data. give it a little crown at the top. 👑
  • --help, -h — output a short usage hint. when in doubt, ask. 🙈
  • --logfile LOGFILE — write log messages to the file LOGFILE. ⚠️ important: you need to select the logging type logfile for this option to have any impact. see also option --logtype for more info. fr fr, this one only works if you set the vibe first.
  • --loglevel LOGLEVEL — select the desired log level. valid values are emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notice, info, debug and verbous. (yes it's spelled verbous, don't @ me, that's what it says, keep it exact bestie 💀)
  • --logtype LOGTYPE — select the desired logging type. valid values are console, file and syslog.
  • -o OUTFILE — write the resulting XML tree to the file OUTFILE. if this option is omitted the result is written to the standard output. main character energy either way. ✨
  • -v — enable verbose output. she's talking now, and honestly? let her. 😭
  • --version — -V: output the version of the xmlmerge tool. (yes, -V is the short one, capital V, not the little one, we don't make the rules.) 🌈

💀 BUGS 💀

There are now known bugs at the time of writing this manual page. clean sheet, we love to see it 🍓 — literally zero notes, periodt.

🫶 COPYING 🫶

Copyright (C) Martin Preuß. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). 💖

The manpage was composed by Micha Lenk and converted by the nifty tool Asciidoctor into a manpage. the pipeline ate, honestly ✨

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

Micha Lenk 🌟

that's the whole page bestie, no cap. go merge something iconic. 💅

signing off from the 2026-07-24 build of xmlmerge(1) — same energy, same facts, all vibes. 🎀💜🦋

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