Name
xsltproc — command line xslt processor
Synopsis
xsltproc  [[-V] |  [-v] |  [-o file] |  [--timing] |  [--repeat] |  [--debug] |  [--novalid] |  [--noout] |  [--maxdepth val] |  [--html] |  [--param name value] |  [--stringparam name value] |  [--nonet] |  [--path paths] |  [--load-trace] |  [--catalogs] |  [--xinclude] |  [--profile] |  [--dumpextensions] |  [--nowrite] |  [--nomkdir] |  [--writesubtree] |  [--nodtdattr]] [stylesheet] [file1] [file2] [....]
Introduction
      
xsltproc is a command line tool for applying
      
XSLT stylesheets to XML      documents. It is part of 
libxslt, the XSLT C
      library for GNOME. While it was developed as part of the GNOME project, it
      can operate independently of the GNOME desktop.
   
      
xsltproc is invoked from the command line with
      the name of the stylesheet to be used followed by the name of the file or
      files to which the stylesheet is to be applied. It will use the standard
      input if a filename provided is - .
    
      If a stylesheet is included in an 
XML document with a
      Stylesheet Processing Instruction, no stylesheet need be named at the
      command line. 
xsltproc will automatically
      detect the included stylesheet and use it.
    
      By default, output is to stdout. You can specify a file for output using
      the 
-o option.
    
Command Line Options
-V or --versionShow the version of
      
libxml and libxslt used.
    
      
-v or --verboseOutput each step taken
      by 
xsltproc in processing the stylesheet and the document.
    
      
-o or --output fileDirect output to the file named
      
file. For multiple outputs, also known as
      "chunking", 
-o directory/ directs the
      output files to a specified directory. The directory must already exist.
    
      
--timingDisplay the time used for parsing the
      stylesheet, parsing the document and applying the stylesheet and saving
      the result. Displayed in milliseconds.
    
      
--repeatRun the transformation 20 times. Used for
      timing tests.
    
      
--debugOutput an XML tree of the
      transformed document for debugging purposes.
    
      
--novalidSkip loading the document's DTD.
    
      
--nooutDo not output the result.
    
      
--maxdepth valueAdjust the
      maximum depth of the template stack before
      
libxslt concludes it is in an infinite
      loop. The default is 500.
    
      
--htmlThe input document is an HTML      file.
    
      
--param name valuePass a parameter of name
      
name and value
      
value to the stylesheet. You may pass multiple
      name/value pairs up to a maximum of 32. If the value being passed is a
	    string rather than a node identifier, use
	    
--stringparam instead.
	  
	  
--stringparam name valuePass a paramenter of name name and
	    value 
value where
	    
value is a string rather than a node
	    identifier. (Note: The string must be utf-8.) 
      
--nonetDo not use the Internet to fetch DTD's,
      entities or documents.
    
 --path paths	    Use the list (separated by space or column) of filesystem paths 
	specified by 
paths to load
        
DTDs, entities or documents.
	  
--load-trace	    Display to stderr all the documents loaded during the processing.
	  
      
--catalogsUse the SGML catalog specified in
      
SGML_CATALOG_FILES to resolve the location of
	    external entities. By default, 
xsltproc	    looks for the catalog specified in
      
XML_CATALOG_FILES. If that is not specified, it uses
      
/etc/xml/catalog.
    
      
--xincludeProcess the input document using the
      Xinclude specification. More details on this can be found in the Xinclude
      specification: 
http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/     
      
--profile or --normanOutput profiling
      information detailing the amount of time spent in each part of the
      stylesheet. This is useful in optimizing stylesheet performance.
    
      
--dumpextensionsDumps the list of all registered extensions on stdout.
    
      
--nowriteRefuses to write to any file or resource.
    
      
--nomkdirRefuses to create directories.
    
      
--writesubtree pathAllow file write only within the
	  
path subtree.
    
	  
--nodtdattr	
Do not apply default attributes from the document's
	  
DTD.
	  
Return values
xsltproc's return codes provide information
    that can be used when calling it from scripts.
0: normal
1: no argument
2: too many parameters
3: unknown option
4: failed to parse the stylesheet
5: error in the stylesheet
6: error in one of the documents
7: unsupported xsl:output method
8: string parameter contains both quote and double-quotes
9: internal processing error
10: processing was stopped by a terminating message
More Information
libxml web page: http://www.xmlsoft.org/http://www.xmlsoft.org/ 
W3C XSLT page: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslthttp://www.w3.org/TR/xslt 
