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GNU sed vs XMLStarlet

A side-by-side look at GNU sed and XMLStarlet. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GNU sed

GNU sed

Development

GNU sed is a stream text editor for filtering and transforming text, commonly used for basic text manipulation and scripting. It is the GNU implementation of the popular Unix utility sed.

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XMLStarlet

XMLStarlet

Development

XMLStarlet is a command line XML toolkit that provides a set of utilities for processing, transforming, validating, and editing XML documents. It allows you to query, transform, validate, and edit XML documents on the command line with simple shell commands.

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