Passing xml in mem or variable to xmllint

[lordanubis]

Hello,

How can I pass xml data from memory or a variable to xmllint that expects a file as input?

Or does xmllint have the capabilities to read from stin or a variable?

Thanks in advance

LA

[lordanubis]

I came up with ( watch the - after xmllint )

#!/bin/sh
echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<insertion>
	<mytag>123456</mytag>
	<mytag2>789</mytag2>
</insertion>" | xmllint - | sed -ne 's/<[^>]\{1,\}>//gp'

but I want to use the --shell argument in xmllint

So can I use something like

echo cat  /begin_mytag/end_mytag |  xmllint -shell - | sed -ne 's/<[^>]\{1,\}>//gp'

and still add info to stdin of xmllint?

[lordanubis]

Maybe is my question unclear or should I post it in a different forum?

Any advise?

[deepeshtronics]

Hi,

Obviously you can do something like below in command prompt:

cat <file_name> | xmllint - | sed -ne 's/<[^>]\{1,\}>//gp'

for examlple:
cat test.xml | xmllint - | sed -ne 's/<[^>]\{1,\}>//gp'

But I am confused why do you want to use --shell option

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[lordanubis]

Thanks for your time.

The problem is I need both, with --shell/cat I supply the filter and with - I supply the xml .

I need the combination of 'XML in memory or variable' passed to xmllint with the - option and the filter via the --shell option.

The filter is 'cat /begin_mytag/end_mytag'
and the xml value is in a variable
"<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<insertion>
<mytag>123456</mytag>
<mytag2>789</mytag2>
</insertion>"

So far as I my knowledge goes, I don't know how to use both.