NAME¶

ethxmlindent

Takes well-formed XML as input, filters out comments, and generates a uniformly-indented equivalent XML file. Use ethxmlindent to reformat files for easier reading, reviewing. Can also be used for reformating a file for easy comparison with a diff tool.

Syntax¶

ethxmlindent [-t|-k] [-i indent] [ input_file]

Options¶

--help

Produces full help text.

-t

Trims leading and trailing whitespace in tag contents.

-k

keeps newlines as-is in tags with purely whitespace that contain newlines. Default is to format as an empty list.

-i indent

Sets indentation to use per level. Default is 4.

input_file

Specifies the XML file to read. Default is stdin.