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XSLTPROC(1)                                    xsltproc Manual                                   XSLTPROC(1)



NAME
       xsltproc - command line xslt processor

SYNOPSIS
       xsltproc [-V | -v | -o file | --timing | --repeat | --debug | --novalid | --noout | --maxdepth val |
                --html | --param name value | --stringparam name value | --nonet | --path paths |
                --load-trace | --catalogs | --xinclude | --profile | --dumpextensions | --nowrite |
                --nomkdir | --writesubtree] [stylesheet] [file1] [file2] [....]


INTRODUCTION
        xsltproc is a command line tool for applying XSLT stylesheets  to  XML  documents.  It  is  part  of
       libxslt,  the  XSLT  C library for GNOME. While it was developed as part of the GNOME project, it can
       operate independently of the GNOME desktop.


        xsltproc is invoked from the command line with the name of the stylesheet to be used followed by the
       name of the file or files to which the stylesheet is to be applied. It will use the standard input if
       a filename provided is - .


       If a stylesheet is included  in  an  XML  document  with  a  Stylesheet  Processing  Instruction,  no
       stylesheet  need  be  named  at  the  command  line.  xsltproc will automatically detect the included
       stylesheet and use it.


       By default, output is to stdout. You can specify a file for output using the -o option.


COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
       -V or --version
              Show the version of libxml and libxslt used.


       -v or --verbose
              Output each step taken by xsltproc in processing the stylesheet and the document.


       -o or --output file
              Direct output to the file named file. For multiple outputs, also known as "chunking",  -o  di-rectory/ directory/
              rectory/  directs the output files to a specified directory. The directory must already exist.


       --timing
              Display the time used for parsing the  stylesheet,  parsing  the  document  and  applying  the
              stylesheet and saving the result. Displayed in milliseconds.


       --repeat
              Run the transformation 20 times. Used for timing tests.


       --debug
              Output an XML tree of the transformed document for debugging purposes.


       --novalid
              Skip loading the document's DTD.


       --noout
              Do not output the result.


       --maxdepth value
              Adjust  the  maximum depth of the template stack before libxslt concludes it is in an infinite
              loop. The default is 500.


       --html The input document is an HTML file.


       --param name value
              Pass a parameter of name name and value  value  to  the  stylesheet.  You  may  pass  multiple
              name/value  pairs  up  to a maximum of 32. If the value being passed is a string rather than a
              node identifier, use --stringparam instead.


       --stringparam name value
              Pass a paramenter of name name and value value where value is a  string  rather  than  a  node
              identifier. (Note: The string must be utf-8.)


       --nonet
              Do not use the Internet to fetch DTD's, entities or documents.


       --path paths
              Use  the  list  (separated  by space or column) of filesystem paths specified by paths to load
              DTDs, entities or documents.


       --load-trace
              Display to stderr all the documents loaded during the processing.


       --catalogs
              Use the SGML catalog specified in SGML_CATALOG_FILES to resolve the location of external enti-ties. entities.
              ties.  By  default,  xsltproc looks for the catalog specified in XML_CATALOG_FILES. If that is
              not specified, it uses /etc/xml/catalog.


       --xinclude
              Process the input document using the Xinclude specification. More details on this can be found
              in the Xinclude specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/: http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/


       --profile or --norman
              Output  profiling  information  detailing  the  amount  of  time  spent  in  each  part of the
              stylesheet. This is useful in optimizing stylesheet performance.


       --dumpextensions
              Dumps the list of all registered extensions on stdout.


       --nowrite
              Refuses to write to any file or resource.


       --nomkdir
              Refuses to create directories.


       --writesubtree path
              Allow file write only within the path subtree.


RETURN VALUES
       xsltproc's return codes provide information that can be used when calling it from scripts.


       0: normal


       1: no argument


       2: too many parameters


       3: unknown option


       4: failed to parse the stylesheet


       5: error in the stylesheet


       6: error in one of the documents


       7: unsupported xsl:output method


       8: string parameter contains both quote and double-quotes


       9: internal processing error


       10: processing was stopped by a terminating message


MORE INFORMATION
       libxml web page:http://www.xmlsoft.org/: http://www.xmlsoft.org/


       W3C XSLT page:http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt


AUTHOR
       John Fleck.



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