# xpath(1p) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       xpath - a script to query XPath statements in XML documents.

## SYNOPSIS
### xpath [-s suffix] [-p prefix] [-n] [-q] -e query [-e query] ... [file] ...

## DESCRIPTION
       **xpath** uses the [XML::XPath](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/XML%3A%3AXPath/markdown) perl module to make XPath queries to any XML document.  The
       [XML::XPath](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/XML%3A%3AXPath/markdown) module aims to comply exactly to the XPath specification at
       "<http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath>" and yet allows extensions to be added in the form of functions.

       The script takes any number of XPath pointers and tries to apply them to each XML document
       given on the command line. If no file arguments are given, the query is done using "STDIN" as
       an XML document.

       When multiple queries exist, the result of the last query is used as context for the next
       query and only the result of the last one is output. The context of the first query is always
       the root of the current document.

## OPTIONS
### -q
       Be quiet. Output only errors (and no separator) on stderr.

### -n
       Never use an external DTD, ie. instantiate the [XML::Parser](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/XML%3A%3AParser/markdown) module with 'ParseParamEnt => 0'.

### -s suffix
       Place "suffix" at the end of each entry. Default is a linefeed.

### -p prefix
       Place "prefix" preceding each entry. Default is nothing.

## BUGS
       The author of this man page is not very fluant in english. Please, send him
       (<fabien@tzone.org>) any corrections concerning this text.

## SEE ALSO
       [XML::XPath](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/XML%3A%3AXPath/markdown)

## LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
       This module is  copyright  2000 AxKit.com Ltd. This is free software, and as such comes with
       NO WARRANTY. No dates are used in this module. You may distribute this module under the terms
       of either the Gnu GPL,  or the Artistic License (the same terms as Perl itself).

       For support, please subscribe to the Perl-XML
       <<http://listserv.activestate.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-xml>> mailing list at the URL



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