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Ahmed
Ahmed

Reputation: 160

Convert xpath -q -e command to xmllint --xpath one

I´m very fresh in XML files and would like to convert this command :

xpath -q -e "/ns2:softwareSystem/module/rootPath[not(@xsi:type)]/@name"\ file.xml

to this one xmllint --xpath

here is an example : https://github.com/apache/phoenix/pull/170/commits/16059876613ecb3a13b086adad9a8a861f04d1dc

Thanks for help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 211

Answers (1)

E.Wiest
E.Wiest

Reputation: 5915

What you're looking for is :

xmllint --xpath "//*[local-name()='softwareSystem']/module/rootPath[not(@*[local-name()='type'])]/@name" file.xml

Note that using local-name() is generally not recommended when you can declare namespaces in the application.

If you can, it's probably better to use xmlstarlet since namespaces and namespace prefixes are better handled (you can use /ns2:softwareSystem directly or /_:softwareSystem).

EDIT : If you're dealing with a variable (for e.g. : variable="foo"), you can use something like this :

xmllint --xpath "string(//*[local-name()='softwareSystem']/module[@name='"$variable"']/@id)" file.xml

Upvotes: 1

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