If you have a large xml file, it can be useful to try to understand the structure by getting a map of all the possible element paths.
An easy way to do that is by using this tool.
bash
cargo install xml-paths
Just run the command and give it a file to parse.
For example, if we have an xml file at path/to/my/xml_file.xml that looks like
xml
<notes>
<note>
<to>Gina</to>
<from>Doug</from>
<heading>Thanks</heading>
<body>Lunch was amazing!</body>
</note>
<note>
<to>Doug</to>
<from>Gina</from>
<heading>Thanks</heading>
<body>Thanks Doug! I liked it too -- that's a definite repeat!</body>
</note>
</notes>
,
we run
bash
xml-paths path/to/my/xml_file.xml
to get
text
/
/notes
/notes/note
/notes/note/body
/notes/note/from
/notes/note/heading
/notes/note/to