xml-escape

Escape special XML characters

TLDR

Escape XML special characters
$ xml escape [text]
Escape from stdin
$ echo "[<text>]" | xml escape

SYNOPSIS

xml escape [options] [text]

DESCRIPTION

xml escape escapes special XML characters. Part of xmlstarlet toolkit. Converts <, >, &, ', " to their XML entity equivalents for safe inclusion in XML documents.

PARAMETERS

text

Text to escape.

INSTALL

sudo dnf install xmlstarlet
sudo pacman -S xmlstarlet
sudo apk add xmlstarlet
sudo zypper install xmlstarlet
brew install xmlstarlet
nix profile install nixpkgs#xmlstarlet

SEE ALSO

xml-unescape(1), xml-format(1)