---
name: "mdnormalizer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "monodoc-base"
version: "1.9-2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mdnormalizer"
---

# mdnormalizer(1)

Normalize XML Documents

## NAME

mdnormalizer - Normalize XML Documents

## SYNOPSIS

**mdnormalizer** \[FILES\]+

## DESCRIPTION

*mdnormalizer* is a program that normalizes the XML within the input documents.

*Normalization* consists of ensuring that the XML is well-formed.	 It is equivalent to the following C# fragment:

```
	XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument ();
	doc.Load (filename);
	StreamWriter file = new StreamWriter (filename, false,
			new System.Text.UTF8Encoding (false));
	doc.Save (writer);
	writer.Close ();
```

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  ## WEB SITE

Visit http://www.mono-project.com for details