There is a simple xpath perl script that comes with the perl XML::XPath module
library.

For more complicated scripting, I've found calling the Xpath libraries from
Python easier.
( either lxml in Python, or javax.xml.xpath in Jython )
But I can usually rely on the perl modules being already installed on various
linux servers.
Python lxml libraries are not always installed.

-- Steve M.


On Oct 10, 2011, at 7:00 PM, Lynn Murdock wrote:

> Hi-
>
> I need to run some complex searches on a directory containing multiple XML
files, and am looking for a command-line tool that will take XPath expressions
and will work in Unix/Linux terminal applications. Does anyone on this list
have suggestions for a good tool?
>
>
> Thanks-
>
> Lynn
>
>
>
> Lynn Murdock, MLIS
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