---
name: "validate_kml"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pykml"
version: "0.2.0+dfsg-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/validate_kml"
---

# validate\_kml(1)

validate a KML file

## NAME

validate\_kml - validate a KML file

## SYNOPSIS

**validate\_kml** *FILENAME\_or\_URL*

## OPTIONS

- **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--schema**=*SCHEMA\_URI*

  URI of the XML Schema Document used for validation

## SEE ALSO

- •

  kml2pykml

- •

  csv2kml