Nushell

to xml for formats

Convert special record structure into .xml text.

Signature

> to xml --pretty

Parameters

  • --pretty {int}: Formats the XML text with the provided indentation setting

Notes

Every XML entry is represented via a record with tag, attribute and content fields. To represent different types of entries different values must be written to this fields:

  1. Tag entry: {tag: <tag name> attrs: {<attr name>: "<string value>" ...} content: [<entries>]}
  2. Comment entry: {tag: '!' attrs: null content: "<comment string>"}
  3. Processing instruction (PI): {tag: '?<pi name>' attrs: null content: "<pi content string>"}
  4. Text: {tag: null attrs: null content: "<text>"}. Or as plain <text> instead of record.

Additionally any field which is: empty record, empty list or null, can be omitted.

Examples

Outputs an XML string representing the contents of this table

> {tag: note attributes: {} content : [{tag: remember attributes: {} content : [{tag: null attrs: null content : Event}]}]} | to xml
<note><remember>Event</remember></note>

When formatting xml null and empty record fields can be omitted and strings can be written without a wrapping record

> {tag: note content : [{tag: remember content : [Event]}]} | to xml
<note><remember>Event</remember></note>

Optionally, formats the text with a custom indentation setting

> {tag: note content : [{tag: remember content : [Event]}]} | to xml -p 3
<note>
   <remember>Event</remember>
</note>