December 11th, 2012 Put this python file in your path to get the following: #!/usr/bin/env python """ Command-line tool to validate and pretty-print XML. Based on `pjson` but without the crap. Usage:: $ echo '<bunk atr="hello">world</bunk>' | pxml <?xml version="1.0" ?> <bunk atr="hello"> world </bunk> Original Author: Igor Guerrero <igfgt1@gmail.com>, 2012 Contributor: Matthew Gill, 2012 """ import xml.dom.minidom import sys from pygments import highlight from pygments.formatters import TerminalFormatter from pygments.lexers import XmlLexer def format_xml_code(code): """ Parses XML and formats it """ x = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(code) return x.toprettyxml() def color_yo_shit(code): """ Calls pygments.highlight to color yo shit """ return highlight(code, XmlLexer(), TerminalFormatter()) if __name__ == '__main__': code = format_xml_code(sys.stdin.read()) print color_yo_shit(code) The original can be found here (https://github.com/igorgue/pjson) ← Previous Next →