---
name: "xml-pretty"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-xml-libxml-prettyprint"
version: "0.006-12"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xml-pretty"
---

# xml-pretty(1p)

pretty-print XML to STDOUT

## NAME

xml-pretty - pretty-print XML to STDOUT

## SYNOPSIS

**xml-pretty** INPUTFILE

**cat** INPUTFILE \| **xml-pretty**

## DESCRIPTION

**xml-pretty** reads XML from an input file or STDIN, formats it using XML::LibXML::PrettyPrint using its default settings, and prints it to STDOUT.

## BUGS

Please report any bugs to \<http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=XML-LibXML-PrettyPrint\>.

## SEE ALSO

XML::LibXML::PrettyPrint, [**xmllint**(1)](/xmllint/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Toby Inkster \<tobyink@cpan.org\>.

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Toby Inkster.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

## DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.