---
name: "4xml"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-4suite-xml"
version: "1.0.2-7.2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/4xml"
---

# 4xml(1)

command-line tool for working with XML documents

## NAME

4xml — command-line tool for working with XML documents

## SYNOPSIS

**4xml** \[-h  \| --help \]  \[-V  \| --version \]  \[-v  \| --validate \]  \[-e  \| --encoding=*ENC* \]  \[---input-encoding=*ENC* \]  \[-o  \| --outfile=*FILE* \]  \[-p  \| --pretty \]  \[-n  \| --noseriallize \]  \[--html \]  \[--noxinclude \]  \[--rng=*FILE* \]  {source-uri }

## OPTIONS

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long  options starting with two dashes (\`-').

- \-h, --help

  Show detailed help message.

- \-V, --version

  Display version information and exit.

- \-v, --validate

  DTD validate the input file as it is being parsed.

- \-e, --encoding=*ENC*

  The encoding to use for output.

- \--input-encoding=*ENC*

  The encoding to assume for input.

- \-o, --outfile=*FILE*

  Direct output to FILE (file will be overwritten if it exists).

- \-p, --pretty

  Pretty-print the result.

- \-n, --noserialize

  Don't serialize; just parse.

- \--html

  Use HTML mode when pretty-printing (emit XHTML as HTML).

- \--noxinclude

  Do not expand XIncludes.

- \--rng=*FILE*

  Apply RELAX NG from the given file (technically RNG with XVIF features).

- source-uri

  The URI of the XML document to parse, or "-" to indicate standard input. Required unless running "4xml -V".

## AUTHOR

Raphael Bossek \<bossekr@debian.org\>

## VERSION

$Revision: 1.1 $

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Raphael Bossek

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or  (at your option) any later version.