mixml Output

This document demonstrates the different output options when using mixml.

Print Modified Documents

Mixml prints the modified documents to the console per default.

Let's use the following XML in file test.xml:

<list>
    <philosopher name="Hobbes"/>
    <philosopher name="Rawls"/>
</list>

Now execute the following command to replace some nodes:

# mixml rename --xpath '//philosopher[@name="Hobbes"]' --string 'tiger' test.xml

This produces the following XML output:

<list>
    <tiger name="Hobbes"/>
    <philosopher name="Rawls"/>
</list>

Print Headers When Processing Multiple Documents

Mixml also prints the file names of the documents if multiple documents are processed.

Let's use the following XML in file test.xml:

<list>
    <philosopher name="Hobbes"/>
    <philosopher name="Rawls"/>
</list>

Let's use the following XML in file more.xml:

<list>
    <philosopher name="Kant"/>
    <philosopher name="Platon"/>
</list>

Now execute the following command to remove some nodes:

# mixml remove --xpath '//philosopher[@name="Kant"]' test.xml more.xml

This produces the following text output:

--------
test.xml
--------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<list>
    <philosopher name="Hobbes"/>
    <philosopher name="Rawls"/>
</list>
--------
more.xml
--------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<list>
    <philosopher name="Platon"/>
</list>

Save Modified Documents

We can also save the modified files after changing them.

Let's use the following XML in file test.xml:

<list>
    <philosopher name="Hobbes"/>
    <philosopher name="Rawls"/>
</list>

Now execute the following command to rename some nodes:

# mixml rename --inplace --xpath '//philosopher[@name="Hobbes"]' --string 'tiger' test.xml

This produces the following XML in file test.xml:

<list>
    <tiger name="Hobbes"/>
    <philosopher name="Rawls"/>
</list>

Pretty Print Output

You can also pretty print the output.

Let's use the following XML in file test.xml:

<list><philosopher name="Hobbes"/><philosopher name="Rawls"/></list>

Now execute the following command to rename some nodes:

# mixml rename --pretty --xpath '//philosopher[@name="Hobbes"]' --string 'tiger' test.xml

This produces the following text output:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<list>
    <tiger name="Hobbes"/>
    <philosopher name="Rawls"/>
</list>