Bug#441302: ITP: getxpath -- extract a value from a XML file using a XPATH expression

[Loic Dachary (OuoU) <loic@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Owner: Loic Dachary (OuoU) <loic@debian.org>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : getxpath
  Version         : 0.4.0
  Upstream Author : Loic Dachary
* URL or Web page : http://specs.dachary.org/getxpath/
* License         : GNU GPLv2 or later
  Description     : extract a value from a XML file using a XPATH expression

getxpath(1)                                                         getxpath(1)

NAME
       getxpath - extract a value from a XML file using a XPATH expression

SYNOPSIS
       getxpath xpath [selector] xmlfile

DESCRIPTION
       extract  a  value  from a xmlfile element or attribute based on an xpath
       expression. By default the return value is the selector  .   unless  the
       selector argument was given.

       xmlfile can be a URL or a pathname.

EXAMPLES
       $ cat file.xml
       <what> yes </what>
       $ getxpath /what file://file.xml
        yes

       $ cat file.xml
       <what att="one"><is/></what>
       $ getxpath /what/is ../@att file://file.xml
       one

       $ getxpath /what http://localhost/file.xml
        yes

AUTHORS
       Loic Dachary <loic@dachary.org>

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