NAME
xsltproc - command line XSLT processor
SYNOPSIS
xsltproc [[-V | --version] [-v | --verbose] [{-o | --output} {FILE | DIRECTORY}] | --timing | --repeat | --debug | --novalid | --noout | --maxdepth VALUE | --html | --param PARAMNAME PARAMVALUE | --stringparam PARAMNAME PARAMVALUE | --nonet | --path "PATH(S)" | --load-trace | --catalogs | --xinclude | [--profile | --norman] | --dumpextensions | --nowrite | --nomkdir | --writesubtree PATH | --nodtdattr] [STYLESHEET] {XML-FILE | -}
DESCRIPTION
xsltproc
is a command line tool for applying
XSLT
stylesheets to
XML
documents. It is part of
libxslt(3), 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 to 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
or
--output
option.
OPTIONS
xsltproc
accepts the following options (in alphabetical order):
--catalogs
Use the
SGML
catalog specified in
SGML_CATALOG_FILES
to resolve the location of external entities. By default,
xsltproc
looks for the catalog specified in
XML_CATALOG_FILES. If that is not specified, it uses
/etc/xml/catalog.
--debug
Output an
XML
tree of the transformed document for debugging purposes.
--dumpextensions
Dumps the list of all registered extensions on
stdout.
--html
The input document is an
HTML
file.
--load-trace
Display all the documents loaded during the processing to
stderr.
--maxdepth VALUE
Adjust the maximum depth of the template stack before
libxslt(3)
concludes it is in an infinite loop. The default is 500.
--nodtdattr
Do not apply default attributes from the document's
DTD.
--nomkdir
Refuses to create directories.
--nonet
Do not use the Internet to fetch
DTDs, entities or documents.
--noout
Do not output the result.
--novalid
Skip loading the document's
DTD.
--nowrite
Refuses to write to any file or resource.
-o or --output FILE | DIRECTORY
Direct output to the given
FILE. Using the option with a
DIRECTORY
directs the output files to the specified directory. This can be useful for multiple outputs (also known as "chunking") or manpage processing.
Important
The given directory
must
already exist.
Note
Make sure that
FILE
and
DIRECTORY
follow the
URI reference computation
as described in RFC 2396 and laters. This means, that e.g.
-o directory
will maybe not work, but
-o directory/
will.
--param PARAMNAME PARAMVALUE
Pass a parameter of name
PARAMNAME
and value
PARAMVALUE
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.
--path "PATH(S)"
Use the (space- or colon-separated) list of filesystem paths specified by
PATHS
to load
DTDs, entities or documents. Enclose space-separated lists by quotation marks.
--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.
--repeat
Run the transformation 20 times. Used for timing tests.
--stringparam PARAMNAME PARAMVALUE
Pass a parameter of name
PARAMNAME
and value
PARAMVALUE
where
PARAMVALUE
is a string rather than a node identifier.
Note:
The string must be UTF-8 encoded.
--timing
Display the time used for parsing the stylesheet, parsing the document and applying the stylesheet and saving the result. Displayed in milliseconds.
-v or --verbose
Output each step taken by
xsltproc
in processing the stylesheet and the document.
-V or --version
Show the version of
libxml(3)
and
libxslt(3)
used.
--writesubtree PATH
Allow file write only within the
PATH
subtree.
--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/
ENVIRONMENT
SGML_CATALOG_FILES
SGML
catalog behavior can be changed by redirecting queries to the user's own set of catalogs. This can be done by setting the
SGML_CATALOG_FILES
environment variable to a list of catalogs. An empty one should deactivate loading the default
/etc/sgml/catalog
catalog.
XML_CATALOG_FILES
XML
catalog behavior can be changed by redirecting queries to the user's own set of catalogs. This can be done by setting the
XML_CATALOG_FILES
environment variable to a list of catalogs. An empty one should deactivate loading the default
/etc/xml/catalog
catalog.
DIAGNOSTICS
xsltproc
return codes provide information that can be used when calling it from scripts.
0
No error (normal operation)
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
11
Could not write the result to the output file
SEE ALSO
libxml(3),
libxslt(3)
More information can be found at
libxml(3)
web page
http://www.xmlsoft.org/
W3C
XSLT
page
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt
AUTHOR
John Fleck <jfleck@inkstain.net>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001, 2002