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TXR vs Xidel

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

TXR

TXR

Development

TXR is a programming language and interpreter focused on text processing and data munging. It has strong string handling capabilities and integrates regexes into the language.

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Xidel

Xidel

Development

Xidel is an open-source command line tool and library for parsing and extracting data from HTML/XML documents. It allows users to query documents using XPath and extract data to formats like JSON and CSV.

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