Command-line tool

libxml2

brew/libxml2

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GNOME XML library

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install libxml2

macOS

brew install libxml2

Linux

brew install libxml2

Return all nodes (tags) with a specific name

xmllint --xpath "//node_name" source_file.xml

Return the contents of the first node with a specific name as a string

xmllint --xpath "string(//node_name)" source_file.xml

Return the href attribute of the second anchor element in an HTML file

xmllint --html --xpath "string(//a[2]/@href)" webpage.xhtml

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