-<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>xsltproc</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.57.0"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="id2589410"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>xsltproc — command line xslt processor</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><tt>xsltproc</tt> [[-V] | [-v] | [-o <i><tt>file</tt></i>] | [--timing] | [--repeat] | [--debug] | [--novalid] | [--noout] | [--maxdepth <i><tt>val</tt></i>] | [--html] | [--param <i><tt>name</tt></i> <i><tt>value</tt></i>] | [--stringparam <i><tt>name</tt></i> <i><tt>value</tt></i>] | [--nonet] | [--catalogs] | [--xinclude] | [--profile] | [--dumpextensions] | [--nowrite] | [--nomkdir] | [--writesubtree]] [<tt><i><tt>stylesheet</tt></i></tt>] [<i><tt>file1</tt></i>] [<i><tt>file2</tt></i>] [<i><tt>....</tt></i>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="introduction"></a><h2>Introduction</h2><p>
- xsltproc is a command line tool for applying
- XSLT stylesheets to XML
- documents. It is part of libxslt, the XSLT C
+<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>xsltproc</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.2"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="id2685813"></a><div class="titlepage"><div></div><div></div></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>xsltproc — command line xslt processor</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><tt class="command">xsltproc</tt> [[-V] | [-v] | [-o <i class="replaceable"><tt>file</tt></i>] | [--timing] | [--repeat] | [--debug] | [--novalid] | [--noout] | [--maxdepth <i class="replaceable"><tt>val</tt></i>] | [--html] | [--param <i class="replaceable"><tt>name</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>value</tt></i>] | [--stringparam <i class="replaceable"><tt>name</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>value</tt></i>] | [--nonet] | [--path <i class="replaceable"><tt>paths</tt></i>] | [--load-trace] | [--catalogs] | [--xinclude] | [--profile] | [--dumpextensions] | [--nowrite] | [--nomkdir] | [--writesubtree] | [--nodtdattr]] [<tt class="option"><i class="replaceable"><tt>stylesheet</tt></i></tt>] [<i class="replaceable"><tt>file1</tt></i>] [<i class="replaceable"><tt>file2</tt></i>] [<i class="replaceable"><tt>....</tt></i>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="introduction"></a><h2>Introduction</h2><p>
+ <span class="application">xsltproc</span> is a command line tool for applying
+ <span class="acronym">XSLT</span> stylesheets to <span class="acronym">XML</span>
+ documents. It is part of <span class="application">libxslt</span>, the XSLT C
library for GNOME. While it was developed as part of the GNOME project, it
can operate independently of the GNOME desktop.
</p><p>
- xsltproc is invoked from the command line with
+ <span class="application">xsltproc</span> 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.
+ files to which the stylesheet is to be applied. It will use the standard
+ input if a filename provided is - .
</p><p>
- If a stylesheet is included in an XML document with a
+ If a stylesheet is included in an <span class="acronym">XML</span> document with a
Stylesheet Processing Instruction, no stylesheet need be named at the
- command line. xsltproc will automatically
+ command line. <span class="application">xsltproc</span> will automatically
detect the included stylesheet and use it.
</p><p>
By default, output is to stdout. You can specify a file for output using
- the <tt>-o</tt> option.
- </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="options"></a><h2>Command Line Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><tt>-V</tt> or <tt>--version</tt></span></dt><dd>Show the version of
- libxml and libxslt used.
+ the <tt class="option">-o</tt> option.
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="options"></a><h2>Command Line Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">-V</tt> or <tt class="option">--version</tt></span></dt><dd>Show the version of
+ <span class="application">libxml</span> and <span class="application">libxslt</span> used.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>-v</tt> or <tt>--verbose</tt></span></dt><dd>Output each step taken
- by xsltproc in processing the stylesheet and the document.
+ <tt class="option">-v</tt> or <tt class="option">--verbose</tt></span></dt><dd>Output each step taken
+ by <span class="application">xsltproc</span> in processing the stylesheet and the document.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>-o</tt> or <tt>--output</tt> <i><tt>file</tt></i></span></dt><dd>Direct output to the file named
- <i><tt>file</tt></i>. For multiple outputs, also known as
- "chunking", <tt>-o</tt> <tt>directory/</tt> directs the
+ <tt class="option">-o</tt> or <tt class="option">--output</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>file</tt></i></span></dt><dd>Direct output to the file named
+ <i class="replaceable"><tt>file</tt></i>. For multiple outputs, also known as
+ "chunking", <tt class="option">-o</tt> <tt class="option">directory/</tt> directs the
output files to a specified directory. The directory must already exist.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--timing</tt></span></dt><dd>Display the time used for parsing the
+ <tt class="option">--timing</tt></span></dt><dd>Display the time used for parsing the
stylesheet, parsing the document and applying the stylesheet and saving
the result. Displayed in milliseconds.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--repeat</tt></span></dt><dd>Run the transformation 20 times. Used for
+ <tt class="option">--repeat</tt></span></dt><dd>Run the transformation 20 times. Used for
timing tests.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--debug</tt></span></dt><dd>Output an XML tree of the
+ <tt class="option">--debug</tt></span></dt><dd>Output an <span class="acronym">XML</span> tree of the
transformed document for debugging purposes.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--novalid</tt></span></dt><dd>Skip loading the document's DTD.
+ <tt class="option">--novalid</tt></span></dt><dd>Skip loading the document's <span class="acronym">DTD</span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--noout</tt></span></dt><dd>Do not output the result.
+ <tt class="option">--noout</tt></span></dt><dd>Do not output the result.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--maxdepth</tt> <i><tt>value</tt></i></span></dt><dd>Adjust the
+ <tt class="option">--maxdepth</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>value</tt></i></span></dt><dd>Adjust the
maximum depth of the template stack before
- libxslt concludes it is in an infinite
+ <span class="application">libxslt</span> concludes it is in an infinite
loop. The default is 500.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--html</tt></span></dt><dd>The input document is an HTML
+ <tt class="option">--html</tt></span></dt><dd>The input document is an <span class="acronym">HTML</span>
file.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--param</tt> <i><tt>name</tt></i> <i><tt>value</tt></i></span></dt><dd>Pass a parameter of name
- <i><tt>name</tt></i> and value
- <i><tt>value</tt></i> to the stylesheet. You may pass multiple
+ <tt class="option">--param</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>name</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>value</tt></i></span></dt><dd>Pass a parameter of name
+ <i class="replaceable"><tt>name</tt></i> and value
+ <i class="replaceable"><tt>value</tt></i> 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
- <tt>--stringparam</tt> instead.
+ <tt class="option">--stringparam</tt> instead.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--stringparam</tt> <i><tt>name</tt></i> <i><tt>value</tt></i></span></dt><dd>Pass a paramenter of name <i><tt>name</tt></i> and
- value <i><tt>value</tt></i> where
- <i><tt>value</tt></i> is a string rather than a node
+ <tt class="option">--stringparam</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>name</tt></i> <i class="replaceable"><tt>value</tt></i></span></dt><dd>Pass a paramenter of name <i class="replaceable"><tt>name</tt></i> and
+ value <i class="replaceable"><tt>value</tt></i> where
+ <i class="replaceable"><tt>value</tt></i> is a string rather than a node
identifier. (Note: The string must be utf-8.) </dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--nonet</tt></span></dt><dd>Do not use the Internet to fetch DTD's or
- entities.
- </dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--catalogs</tt></span></dt><dd>Use the SGML catalog specified in
- <tt>SGML_CATALOG_FILES</tt> to resolve the location of
- external entities. By default, xsltproc
+ <tt class="option">--nonet</tt></span></dt><dd>Do not use the Internet to fetch DTD's,
+ entities or documents.
+ </dd><dt><span class="term"> <tt class="option">--path</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>paths</tt></i></span></dt><dd>
+ Use the list (separated by space or column) of filesystem paths
+ specified by <i class="replaceable"><tt>paths</tt></i> to load
+ <span class="acronym">DTDs</span>, entities or documents.
+ </dd><dt><span class="term"><tt class="option">--load-trace</tt></span></dt><dd>
+ Display to stderr all the documents loaded during the processing.
+ </dd><dt><span class="term">
+ <tt class="option">--catalogs</tt></span></dt><dd>Use the <span class="acronym">SGML</span> catalog specified in
+ <tt class="envar">SGML_CATALOG_FILES</tt> to resolve the location of
+ external entities. By default, <span class="application">xsltproc</span>
looks for the catalog specified in
- <tt>XML_CATALOG_FILES</tt>. If that is not specified, it uses
- <tt>/etc/xml/catalog</tt>.
+ <tt class="envar">XML_CATALOG_FILES</tt>. If that is not specified, it uses
+ <tt class="filename">/etc/xml/catalog</tt>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--xinclude</tt></span></dt><dd>Process the input document using the
+ <tt class="option">--xinclude</tt></span></dt><dd>Process the input document using the
Xinclude specification. More details on this can be found in the Xinclude
specification: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/" target="_top">http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/</a>
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--profile</tt> or <tt>--norman</tt></span></dt><dd>Output profiling
+ <tt class="option">--profile</tt> or <tt class="option">--norman</tt></span></dt><dd>Output profiling
information detailing the amount of time spent in each part of the
stylesheet. This is useful in optimizing stylesheet performance.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--dumpextensions</tt></span></dt><dd>Dumps the list of all registered extensions on stdout.
+ <tt class="option">--dumpextensions</tt></span></dt><dd>Dumps the list of all registered extensions on stdout.
+ </dd><dt><span class="term">
+ <tt class="option">--nowrite</tt></span></dt><dd>Refuses to write to any file or resource.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--nowrite</tt></span></dt><dd>Refuses to write to any file or resource.
+ <tt class="option">--nomkdir</tt></span></dt><dd>Refuses to create directories.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--nomkdir</tt></span></dt><dd>Refuses to create directories.
+ <tt class="option">--writesubtree</tt> <i class="replaceable"><tt>path</tt></i></span></dt><dd>Allow file write only within the
+ <i class="replaceable"><tt>path</tt></i> subtree.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
- <tt>--writesubtree</tt> <i><tt>path</tt></i></span></dt><dd>Allow file write only within the
- <i><tt>path</tt></i> subtree.
- </dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="return"></a><h2>Return values</h2><p>xsltproc's return codes provide information
- that can be used when calling it from scripts.</p><p>0: normal</p><p>1: no argument</p><p>2: too many parameters</p><p>3: unknown option</p><p>4: failed to parse the stylesheet</p><p>5: error in the stylesheet</p><p>6: error in one of the documents</p><p>7: unsupported xsl:output method</p><p>8: string parameter contains both quote and double-quotes</p><p>9: internal processing error</p><p>10: processing was stopped by a terminating message</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="moreinfo"></a><h2>More Information</h2><p>libxml web page: <a href="http://www.xmlsoft.org/" target="_top">http://www.xmlsoft.org/</a></p><p>W3C XSLT page: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt" target="_top">http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt</a></p></div></div></body></html>
+ <tt class="option">--nodtdattr</tt>
+ </span></dt><dd>Do not apply default attributes from the document's
+ <span class="acronym">DTD</span>.
+ </dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="return"></a><h2>Return values</h2><p><span class="application">xsltproc</span>'s return codes provide information
+ that can be used when calling it from scripts.</p><p>0: normal</p><p>1: no argument</p><p>2: too many parameters</p><p>3: unknown option</p><p>4: failed to parse the stylesheet</p><p>5: error in the stylesheet</p><p>6: error in one of the documents</p><p>7: unsupported xsl:output method</p><p>8: string parameter contains both quote and double-quotes</p><p>9: internal processing error</p><p>10: processing was stopped by a terminating message</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="moreinfo"></a><h2>More Information</h2><p><span class="application">libxml web page: </span><a href="http://www.xmlsoft.org/" target="_top">http://www.xmlsoft.org/</a></p><p>W3C <span class="acronym">XSLT page: </span><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt" target="_top">http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt</a></p></div></div></body></html>