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 --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.
    
- 
      --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. (Note: The string must be utf-8.) 
- 
      --nonet
- Do 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.
	  
- 
      --catalogs
- Use 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.
    
- 
      --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/
    
- 
      --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.
    
- 
      --dumpextensions
- Dumps the list of all registered extensions on stdout.
    
- 
      --nowrite
- Refuses to write to any file or resource.
    
- 
      --nomkdir
- Refuses to create directories.
    
- 
      --writesubtree path
- Allow 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
11: could not write the result to the output file