Alternative of XML Starlet

Question

Is there any alternative to XML starlet for XML processing in bash? My typical usage is:

• pretty formatting;
• selecting data by XPath.

Answer 1

Take a look at xmllint.

To format xml:

$ xmllint --format file.xml

To evaluate an XPath:

$ xmllint --format --shell file.xml <<< "cat /some/xpath/expression"