Reformat XML text lines on the command line for easy reading with the free Swiss File Knife for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

• Download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
• Open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
• OS X : type mv sfk-mac-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
• Linux: type mv sfk-linux-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk. OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.

sfk ... +xmlform[3]
sfk xmlform in.xml

simple XML text reformatter to allow easy reading
and searching of XML data.

this command is experimental and may not be suitable
to reformat XML data intended for further processing,
as lines longer than 3900 characters may be hard wrapped!
furthermore output of multi line tags may contain
wrong indentation in some cases.

options
  -i         read text from stdin.
  -indent=3  or typing "sfk xmlform3" selects an
             indent of 3 instead of the default 2.

aliases
  sfk xf        same as xmlform

see also
  sfk jsonform  reformat JSON data

examples
  sfk xmlform in.xml
    read the file in.xml and print it reformatted

  sfk xmlform in.xml +view
    display in.xml reformatted in Depeche View
    to allow easy browsing and searching

  sfk filter in.xml +xmlform
    reformat output of a previous sfk command

  type in.xml | sfk xmlform -i
    reformat output of a non-sfk command

  sfk xex in.xml "x<web_info>**</web_info>x[part2]x"
   +xmlform +view
    extract a web_info multi line text block,
    reformat and display it in Depeche View. [22]
    this uses 'x' as a separator character as '/'
    and '_' are already part of the search text.

  sfk web http://myserver/getxml.php +xf
    call a web URL that sends an xml reply
    and reformat output for easy reading.
 
example command:

   sfk filter in.xml +xmlform

example output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<XML_DIZ_INFO>
    <Program_Name>Depeche View Lite</Program_Name>
    <Program_Version>1.6.3</Program_Version>
    <Program_Release_Month>01</Program_Release_Month>
    <Program_Release_Day>08</Program_Release_Day>
    <Program_Release_Year>2015</Program_Release_Year>
    <Program_Cost_Dollars />
    <Program_Cost_Other_Code>USD</Program_Cost_Other_Code>
    <Program_Cost_Other />
    <Program_Type>Freeware</Program_Type>
    <Program_Release_Status>Minor Update</Program_Release_Status>
    <Program_Install_Support>No Install Support</Program_Install_Support>
    <Program_OS_Support>Linux,Mac OS X,Win7 x32,Win7 x64,Win98,WinVista,
    <Program_Language>English</Program_Language>
    <Program_Change_Info>Added command line options to search instantly
    <Program_Specific_Category>Utilities</Program_Specific_Category>
    <Program_Category_Class>System Utilities::Text/Document Editors
    <Program_System_Requirements>Windows: none. Linux/Mac: WINE 1.4.1
    <File_Info>
      <File_Size_Bytes>2220032</File_Size_Bytes>
      <File_Size_K>2168</File_Size_K>
      <File_Size_MB>2.12</File_Size_MB>
    </File_Info>
    <Expire_Info>
      <Has_Expire_Info>N</Has_Expire_Info>
      <Expire_Count />
      <Expire_Based_On />
      <Expire_Other_Info />
      <Expire_Month />
      <Expire_Day />
      <Expire_Year />
    </Expire_Info>
  </Program_Info>
  <Program_Descriptions>
      <English>
        <Keywords>fast text browser, text file viewer, full text search
        <Char_Desc_45>Load, view and search all text of a directory
        <Char_Desc_80>Load, view and search all text of a directory
        <Char_Desc_250>Load, view and search all text of a directory
        <Char_Desc_450>Load, view and search all text of a directory
        <Char_Desc_2000>Load, view and search all text of a directory
        </Char_Desc_2000>
      </English>
  </Program_Descriptions>
</XML_DIZ_INFO>

sfk ... +xmlform[3]
sfk xmlform in.xml

simple XML text reformatter to allow easy 
reading and searching of XML data.

this command is experimental and may not be 
suitable to reformat XML data intended for
further processing, as lines longer than
3900 characters may be hard wrapped!
furthermore output of multi line tags may
contain wrong indentation in some cases.

options
  -i         read text from stdin.
  -indent=3  or typing "sfk xmlform3" 
             selects an indent of 3 instead
             of the default 2.

aliases
  sfk xf        same as xmlform

see also
  sfk jsonform  reformat JSON data

examples
  sfk xmlform in.xml
    read the file in.xml and print it 
    reformatted

  sfk xmlform in.xml +view
    display in.xml reformatted in 
    Depeche View to allow easy browsing and
    searching

  sfk filter in.xml +xmlform
    reformat output of a previous sfk 
    command

  type in.xml | sfk xmlform -i
    reformat output of a non-sfk command

  sfk xex in.xml 
"x<web_info>**</
web_info>x[part2]x"
   +xmlform +view
    extract a web_info multi line text 
    block, reformat and display it in
    Depeche View. [22] this uses 'x' as a
    separator character as '/' and '_' are
    already part of the search text.

  sfk web http://myserver/getxml.php +xf
    call a web URL that sends an xml reply
    and reformat output for easy reading.
 
example command:

   sfk filter in.xml +xmlform

example output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" 
?>
<XML_DIZ_INFO>
    <Program_Name>Depeche View 
    Lite</Program_Name>
    <Program_Version>1.6.3</
    Program_Version>
    <Program_Release_Month>01</
    Program_Release_Month>
    <Program_Release_Day>08</
    Program_Release_Day>
    <Program_Release_Year>2015</
    Program_Release_Year>
    <Program_Cost_Dollars />
    <Program_Cost_Ot
    her_Code>USD</
    Program_Cost_Other_Code>
    <Program_Cost_Other />
    <Program_Type>Freeware</
    Program_Type> &
    lt;Program_Release_Status>Minor
    Update</Program_Release_Status>
    <Program_Install_Support>No
    Install Support</
    Program_Install_Support>
    <Program_OS_Support>Linux,Mac
    OS X,Win7 x32,Win7 x64,Win98,WinVista,
    <Program_Language>English</
    Program_Language>
    <Program_Change_Info>Added
    command line options to search
    instantly <Progr
    am_Specific_Category>Utilities</
    Program_Specific_Category>
    <Program_Category_Class>System
    Utilities::Text/Document Editors
    <Program_System_
    Requirements>Windows: none. Linux/
    Mac: WINE 1.4.1 <File_Info>
      
<File_Size_Bytes>2220032</
File_Size_Bytes>
      
<File_Size_K>2168</
File_Size_K>
      
<File_Size_MB>2.12</
File_Size_MB>
    </File_Info>
    <Expire_Info>
      
<Has_Expire_Info>N</
Has_Expire_Info>
      <Expire_Count />
      <Expire_Based_On />
      <Expire_Other_Info />
      <Expire_Month />
      <Expire_Day />
      <Expire_Year />
    </Expire_Info>
  </Program_Info>
  <Program_Descriptions>
      <English>
        <Keywords>fast text browser,
      text file viewer, full text search
        <Char_Desc_45>Load, view 
      and search all text of a directory
        <Char_Desc_80>Load, view 
      and search all text of a directory
        <Char_Desc_250>Load, view 
      and search all text of a directory
        <Char_Desc_450>Load, view 
      and search all text of a directory
        <Char_Desc_2000>Load, view 
      and search all text of a directory
        </Char_Desc_2000>
      </English>
  </Program_Descriptions>

</XML_DIZ_INFO>

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