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xmlstarlet


Information about the package, xmlstarlet, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xmlstarlet package is designed for, Command Line XML Toolkit.


Package Name:

xmlstarlet

Summary:

Command Line XML Toolkit

Description:

XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities which can be used to transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using simple set of shell commands in similar way it is done for plain text files using UNIX grep, sed, awk, diff, patch, join, etc commands.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.3.1

Release:

1.el6

Size:

56 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for xmlstarlet


Control the xmlstarlet package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install xmlstarlet

This command will install xmlstarlet on the server.

yum remove xmlstarlet

This command will un-install xmlstarlet on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xmlstarlet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove xmlstarlet

This command will un-install xmlstarlet on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove xmlstarlet when using the -y flag.

yum update xmlstarlet

This command will update xmlstarlet to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xmlstarlet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update xmlstarlet

This command will update xmlstarlet to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove xmlstarlet when using the -y flag.

yum info xmlstarlet

This command will show you core information about the xmlstarlet package.

yum deplist xmlstarlet

This command will show you the dependencies for xmlstarlet. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update xmlstarlet

This command will check if there is an update waiting on xmlstarlet. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.