debian man page for hxselect

HXSELECT(1)							  HTML-XML-utils						       HXSELECT(1)

NAME
       hxselect - extract elements that match a (CSS) selector

SYNOPSIS
       hxselect [ -i ] [ -c ] [ -l language ] [ -s separator ] selector

DESCRIPTION
       hxselect reads a well-formed XML document and outputs elements that match the CSS selector that is given as an argument. For example

	   hxselect ol li:first-child

       selects the first li (list item in XHTML) in an ol (ordered list).

       The command operates on the standard input.

       Assumes that class selectors (".foo") refer to an attribute called "class".

       Assumes that ID selectors ("#foo") refer to an attribute called "id".

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -i	 Match case-insensitively. Useful for HTML and some other SGML-based languages.

       -c	 Print	content  only.	Without -c, the start and end tag of the matched element are printed as well; with -c only the contents of
		 the matched element are printed.

       -l language
		 Sets the default language, in case the root element doesn't have an xml:lang attribute (default: none). Example: -l en

       -s separator
		 A string to print after each match (default: empty). Accepts C-like escapes. Example: -s '

' to print an empty line after each
		 match.

       -?	 Show command usage.

OPERANDS
       The following operand is supported:

       selector
	      A  selector. Most selectors from CSS level 3 are supported, with the exception of pseudo-classes, pseudo-elements and selectors with
	      last- in their name.

6.x								    10 Jul 2011 						       HXSELECT(1)