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# xml utility

> XML parsing and pretty-printing tool with syntax highlighting

The `xml` utility is a command-line tool for parsing, validating, and pretty-printing XML documents. It includes syntax highlighting support for terminal output.

## Usage

```bash theme={null}
xml [options] <file or URL>
```

## Options

* `--color, -c` - Enable syntax highlighting
* `--only-contents, -o` - Print only the content without XML tags

## Features

### XML parsing and validation

Parse and validate XML documents:

```bash theme={null}
xml document.xml
```

The tool will report any parsing errors with line and column information.

### Pretty printing

Format XML with proper indentation:

```bash theme={null}
xml document.xml
```

### Syntax highlighting

Enable colored output for better readability:

```bash theme={null}
xml --color document.xml
```

Color scheme:

* **Tags** - Bold yellow
* **Attribute names** - Blue
* **Attribute values** - Green
* **Comments** - Italic gray
* **Processing instructions** - Bold beige
* **Text content** - Default color
* **Doctype declarations** - Bold beige
* **Keywords** - Green

### Content extraction

Extract only text content, stripping all XML tags:

```bash theme={null}
xml --only-contents document.xml
```

## Input sources

### Local files

```bash theme={null}
xml /path/to/document.xml
```

### URLs

The utility can fetch and parse XML from URLs:

```bash theme={null}
xml https://example.com/feed.xml
```

### Standard input

```bash theme={null}
cat document.xml | xml -
```

## Examples

### Parse and display XML

```bash theme={null}
xml document.xml
```

### Pretty print with color

```bash theme={null}
xml --color sitemap.xml
```

### Extract text content only

```bash theme={null}
xml --only-contents --color article.xml
```

### Validate XML from URL

```bash theme={null}
xml https://example.com/rss.xml
```

## XML features supported

* Elements and attributes
* Text nodes
* Comments
* Processing instructions
* DOCTYPE declarations
* CDATA sections
* Namespaces

## Implementation details

The XML utility is built on:

* **LibXML**: XML parsing and DOM implementation
* **LibURL**: URL parsing for remote documents
* **LibCore**: File I/O and argument parsing

Source: `~/workspace/source/Utilities/xml.cpp`

<Info>
  The tool automatically handles both local files and remote URLs based on the input format.
</Info>

<Note>
  When using `--only-contents`, the output includes only text nodes, with comments and processing instructions stripped.
</Note>