xsltproc(1)

NAME
     xsltproc - command line xslt processor

SYNOPSIS
     xsltproc [-V | -v | -o  file  | --timing | --repeat | --debug | --novalid
     | --noout | --maxdepth  val  | --html | --docbook | --param  name   value
     | --stringparam  name   value  | --nonet | --warnnet | --catalogs | --
     xinclude | --profile] [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.


     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 --version

          Show the version of libxml and libxslt used.


      -v or --verbose
           Output each step taken by xsltproc in processing the stylesheet and
          the document.


      -o or --output file
           Direct 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.


      --timing
           Display the time used for parsing the stylesheet, parsing the
          document and applying the stylesheet and saving the result.
          Displayed in milliseconds.
      --repeat
           Run the transformation 20 times. Used for timing tests.


      --debug
           Output an XML tree of the transformed document for debugging
          purposes.


      --novalid
           Skip loading the document's DTD.


      --noout
           Do not output the result.


      --maxdepth value
           Adjust the maximum depth of the template stack before libxslt
          concludes it is in an infinite loop. The default is 500.


      --html
           The input document is an HTML file.


      --docbook
           The input document is DocBook SGML.


      --param name value
           Pass 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 value
           Pass a paramenter of name name and value value where value is a
          string rather than a node identifier.


      --nonet
           Do not use the Internet to fetch DTD's or entities.


      --warnnet
           Output notification when DTD's or entities are fetched over the
          Internet.

      --catalogs
           Use catalogs to resolve the location of external entities. This
          speeds DTD resolution. By having a catalog file point to a local
          version of the DTD, xsltproc does not have to use the Internet to
          fetch the DTD. xsltproc uses the catalog identified by the
          environmental variable SGML_CATALOG_FILES.


      --xinclude
           Process 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 --norman
           Output profiling information detailing the amount of time spent in
          each part of the stylesheet. This is useful in optimizing stylesheet
          performance.


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

MORE INFORMATION
     libxml web page: http://www.xmlsoft.org/: http://www.xmlsoft.org/


     W3C XSLT page: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt


AUTHOR
     Copyright 2001 John Fleck  <jfleck@inkstain.net>This is release 0.2 of
     the xsltproc Manual.