---
name: "xmlproc_parse.python2.1-xml"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python2.1-xml"
version: "0.8.4-1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xmlproc_parse.python2.1-xml"
---

# xmlproc\_parse.python2.1-xml(1)

a simple xml file parser using the xmlproc parser

## NAME

xmlproc\_parse - a simple xml file parser using the xmlproc parser

## SYNOPSIS

**xmlproc\_parse \[** *options* **\] \[** *urltodoc* **\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**xmlproc\_parse** is a command line XML file parser. It can parse a document read from a  URL, a file or a stream on its standard input, and check if it is well-formed  XML. It can also output the parsed XML to several formats if you use the **-o** command line option.

## OPTIONS

- \-l language

  ISO 3166 language code for language to use in error messages

- \-o format

  Format to output parsed XML. 'e': ESIS, 'x': canonical XML  and 'n': normalized XML. No data will be output if this option is not specified.

- \-n

  Report qualified names as 'URI name'. (Namespace processing.)

- \--nowarn

  Don't write warnings to console.

- \--entstck

  Show entity stack on errors.

- \--extsub

  Read the external subset of documents.

- urltodoc

  URL to the document to parse. (You can use plain file names as well.) Can be omitted if a catalog is specified and contains a DOCUMENT entry.

## REQUIRES

Python

## SEE ALSO

**xmlproc\_val(1)**

*http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/*

## AUTHOR

Python XML Special Interest Group (XML-SIG)

This manpage was written by Alexandre Fayolle \<alexandre.fayolle@logilab.fr\>.