---
name: "xmlformat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xmlformat-perl"
version: "1.04-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xmlformat"
---

# xmlformat(1)

XML Document Formatter

## NAME

xmlformat - XML Document Formatter

## SYNOPSIS

**xmlformat** \[*options*\] *xml-file*

## OPTIONS

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

-

  Print this message and exit.

**--backup** suffix **-b** suffix

-

  Back up the input document, adding suffix to the input filename to create the backup filename.

**--canonized-output**

-

  Proceed only as far as the document canonization stage, printing the result.

**--check-parser**

-

  Parse the document into tokens and verify that their concatenation is identical to the original input document. This option suppresses further document processing.

**--config-file** file\_name, **-f** file\_name

-

  Specify the configuration filename. If no file is named, xmlformat uses the file named by the environment variable XMLFORMAT\_CONF, if it exists, or ./xmlformat.conf, if it exists. Otherwise, xmlformat uses built-in formatting options.

**--in-place**, **-i**

-

  Format the document in place, replacing the contents of the input file with the reformatted document. (It's a good idea to use **--backup** along with this option.)

**--show-config**

-

  Show configuration options after reading configuration file. This option suppresses document processing.

**--show-unconfigured-elements**

-

  Show elements that are used in the document but for which no options were specified in the configuration file. This option suppresses document output.

**--verbose**, **-v**

-

  Be verbose about processing stages.

**--version**, **-V**

-

  Show version information and exit.

## AUTHOR

Paul DuBois paul@kitebird.com

This  manual  page was written by Mathieu Malaterre \<malat@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but may be used by others.