NAME¶

opaxmlfilter

Processes an XML file and removes all specified XML tags. The remaining tags are output and indentation can also be reformatted. opaxmlfilter is the opposite of opaxmlextract.

Syntax¶

opaxmlfilter [-t|-k] [-l] [-i indent] [-s element] [input_file]

Options¶

--help

Produces full help text.

-t

Trims leading and trailing whitespace in tag contents.

-k

In tags with purely whitespace that contain newlines, keeps newlines as-is. Default is to format as an empty list.

-l

Adds comments with line numbers after each end tag. This can make comparison of resulting files easier since original line numbers are available.

-i indent

Sets indentation to use per level. Default is 4.

-s element

Specifies the name of the XML element to suppress. Can be used multiple times (maximum of 100) in any order.

input_file

Specifies the XML file to read. Default is stdin.