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10.Dd December 4, 2014
11.Dt XO 1
12.Os
13.Sh NAME
14.Nm xo
15.Nd emit formatted output based on format string and arguments
16.Sh SYNOPSIS
17.Nm
18.Op Fl options
19.Op Ar argument...
20.Sh DESCRIPTION
21The
22.Nm
23utility allows command line access to the functionality of
24the
25.Nm libxo
26library.
27Using
28.Nm ,
29shell scripts can emit
30.Em XML ,
31.Em JSON ,
32or
33.Em HTML
34using the same commands that emit text output.
35.Pp
36.Bl -tag -width indent
37.It Ic --close Ar path
38Close tags for the given path
39.It Ic -C | Ic --continuation
40Indicates this output is a continuation of the previous output data
41and should appear on the same line.
42This is allows HTML output to be constructed correctly.
43.It Ic --depth Ar num
44Set the depth for pretty printing
45.It Ic --help
46Display help text
47.It Ic -H | Ic --html
48Generate HTML output
49.It Ic -J | Ic --json
50Generate JSON output
51.It Ic --leading-xpath Ar path
52Add a prefix to generated XPaths (HTML)
53.It Ic --not-first
54Indicate that this content is not the first in a series of sibling
55objects, which is vital information for "JSON" output, which requires
56a comma between such objects.
57.It Ic --open Ar path
58Open tags for the given path
59.It Ic -p | Ic --pretty
60Make 'pretty' output (add indent, newlines)
61.It Ic --style Ar style
62Generate given style (xml, json, text, html)
63.It Ic -T | Ic --text
64Generate text output (the default style)
65.It Ic --top-warp
66Indicates the entire object should be placed inside a top-level
67object wrapper, specifically when generating JSON output.
68.It Ic --version
69Display version information
70.It Ic -W | Ic --warn
71Display warnings in text on stderr
72.It Ic --warn-xml
73Display warnings in xml on stdout
74.It Ic --wrap Ar path
75Wrap output in a set of containers
76.It Ic -X | Ic --xml
77Generate XML output
78.It Ic --xpath
79Add XPath data to HTML output
80.El
81.Pp
82The
83.Nm
84utility accepts a format string suitable for
85.Xr xo_emit 3
86and a set of zero or more arguments used to supply data for that string.
87.Pp
88In addition,
89.Nm
90accepts any of the
91.Nm libxo
92options listed in
93.Xr xo_options 7 .
94.Sh EXAMPLES
95In this example,
96.Nm
97is used to emit the same data encoded in text and then in XML by
98adding the "-p" (pretty) and "-X" (XML output) flags:
99.Bd -literal -offset indent
100  % xo 'The {:product} is {:status}\\n' stereo "in route"
101  The stereo is in route
102  % xo -p -X 'The {:product} is {:status}\\n' stereo "in route"
103  <product>stereo</product>
104  <status>in route</status>
105.Ed
106.Pp
107In this example, the output from a
108.Nm
109command is shown in several styles:
110.Bd -literal -offset indent
111  xo "The {k:name} weighs {:weight/%d} pounds.\\n" fish 6
112.Pp
113  TEXT:
114    The fish weighs 6 pounds.
115  XML:
116    <name>fish</name>
117    <weight>6</weight>
118  JSON:
119    "name": "fish",
120    "weight": 6
121  HTML:
122    <div class="line">
123      <div class="text">The </div>
124      <div class="data" data-tag="name">fish</div>
125      <div class="text"> weighs </div>
126      <div class="data" data-tag="weight">6</div>
127      <div class="text"> pounds.</div>
128    </div>
129.Ed
130.Pp
131The
132.Fl "-wrap <path>"
133option can be used to wrap emitted content in a
134specific hierarchy.
135The path is a set of hierarchical names separated
136by the '/' character.
137.Bd -literal -offset indent
138  xo --wrap top/a/b/c '{:tag}' value
139.Pp
140  XML:
141    <top>
142      <a>
143        <b>
144          <c>
145            <tag>value</tag>
146          </c>
147        </b>
148      </a>
149    </top>
150  JSON:
151    "top": {
152      "a": {
153        "b": {
154          "c": {
155            "tag": "value"
156          }
157        }
158      }
159    }
160.Ed
161.Pp
162The
163.Fl "\-open <path>"
164and
165.Fl "\-close <path>"
166can be used to emit
167hierarchical information without the matching close and open
168tag.
169This allows a shell script to emit open tags, data, and
170then close tags.
171The
172.Fl \-depth
173option may be used to set the
174depth for indentation.
175The
176.Fl "\-leading-xpath"
177may be used to
178prepend data to the XPath values used for HTML output style.
179.Bd -literal -offset indent
180  #!/bin/sh
181  xo --open top/data
182  xo --depth 2 '{tag}' value
183  xo --close top/data
184.Pp
185  XML:
186    <top>
187      <data>
188        <tag>value</tag>
189      </data>
190    </top>
191  JSON:
192    "top": {
193      "data": {
194        "tag": "value"
195      }
196    }
197.Ed
198.Sh SEE ALSO
199.Xr libxo 3 ,
200.Xr xo_emit 3 ,
201.Xr xo_options 7
202.Sh HISTORY
203The
204.Nm libxo
205library first appeared in
206.Fx 11.0 .
207.Sh AUTHORS
208.Nm libxo
209was written by
210.An Phil Shafer Aq Mt phil@freebsd.org .
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