=====xmlsh=====

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<td width="70%"><h1>XMLSH</h1>
<p>A command line shell for XML<br>
Based on the philosophy <br>
and design of the
Unix Shells </p><p>
xmlsh provides a familiar scripting environment, but specifically tailored for scripting xml processes.</p>
<p>
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmlsh/">Sourceforge Project Page</a><br/>
<a href="http://blog.xmlsh.org ">XMLSH Blog</a><br/>
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmlsh/">Download</a></p>
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This project is managed in Sourceforge. See the [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmlsh/ Sourceforge Project Page]].
The latest version under "xmlsh/latest" is release Release 1.0.2 updated on 2010-02-21. It is currently in use in productions systems and there are no *known* open bugs.

**Note: 2009-12-11** starting with xmlsh version 1.0.0.2 the runtime jar has been renamed from xmlsh.jar to xmlsh-1.0.jar so that it doesnt conflict with the beta xmlsh.jar. The 1.0 release of xmlsh depends on Saxon 9.2 which is incompatible with the beta release which depends on Saxon 9.1.


[[http://www.marklogic.com Mark Logic]] server is now supported via an extension module, see [[ModuleMarkLogic MarkLogic]]
[[http://www.xmlcalabash.com Calabash Xproc]] processor is now supported via an extension module, see [[ModuleCalabash Calabash]]

XMLSH now has a [[http://blog.xmlsh.org Blog]] as an attempt to less formally journal the progress.

I gave a presentation about xmlsh at Balisage (previously "Extreme XML") confrence, August 13, 2008.
See [[http://www.balisage.net/Program.html#w1100l Balisage Program]]

I co-presented a presentation with Norman Walsh at [[http://www.balisage.net Balisage 2009]] on [[Balisage2009 Efficient XML Scripting]]

[[http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmlsh/ Download]]
[[Philosophy]]
[[QuickStart]]
[[BasicSyntax Basic Syntax]]
[[HowTo How To Guide]]
[[XMLExpressions XML Expressions]]
[[Namespaces]]
[[Modules]]
[[Serialization]]
[[Logging]]

====Other ways of using xmlsh====

[[AntTask Calling from Ant]]
[[EmbeddingXmlsh Embedding xmlsh]]
[[EmbeddingServlet Embedding as as Servlet]]


====Commands====
[[Commands]] includes [[CommandsPosix Posix]] and [[CommandsExperimental Experimental]] commands

====XPath Extensions====
[[XPathExtension XPath Extensions]]

====Extension Modules====
[[ModuleMarkLogic MarkLogic]]
[[ModuleCalabash Calabash XProc]]


====Other Fun Things====

A recent interview with Steve Bourne about the "Bourne Shell" (sh).
[[http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/279011/-z_programming_languages_bourne_shell_sh Bourne Shell Interview]]
[[http://xml.calldei.com XML Resources page from DEI]]
Four part series on xmlsh at [[http://xmltoday.org/]]

[[ReportBugs Report Bugs]]
[[Contact Contact the author]]
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