---
name: "xml_merge"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-xml-twig"
version: "3.55-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xml_merge"
---

# xml\_merge(1p)

## NAME

```
  xml_merge - merge back XML files split with C<xml_split>
```

## DESCRIPTION

`"xml_merge"` takes several xml files that have been split using `"xml_split"` and recreates a single file.

## OPTIONS

- \-o \<output\_file\>

  unless this option is used the program output goes to STDOUT

- \-i

  the files use XInclude instead of processing instructions (they were created using the `"-i"` option in `"xml_split"`)

- \-v

  verbose output

- \-V

  outputs version and exit

- \-h

  short help

- \-m

  man (requires pod2text to be in the path)

## EXAMPLES

```
  xml_merge foo-00.xml             # output to stdout
  xml_merge -o foo.xml foo-00.xml  # output to foo.xml
```

## SEE ALSO

XML::Twig, xml\_split

## TODO/BUGS

## AUTHOR

Michel Rodriguez \<mirod@cpan.org\>

## LICENSE

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