Level of indentation in xmllint

Question

By default xmllint appears to indent by 2 spaces, Is there a way to change the level of indentation on Windows?

Ideally

Answer 1

I think you need to set the environment variable $XMLLINT_INDENT to be whatever you need (e.g. if you want 4 spaces use four spaces "    "). From the docs:

$XMLLINT_INDENT environment variable controls the indentation (default value is two spaces " ")

You then need to run it with the --format flag. e.g.:

xmllint --format my_file_name.xml

Aboveboard

I saw that documentation also, but how do you edit that environment variable for XMLLINT_INDENT on a Windows machine? – Ideally

You should be able to do it via set or via the my System Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables menu. – Aboveboard

$XMLLINT_INDENT does not even exist in my system variables. Its simply an application that I have in a folder that is included my path in the environment variables. – Ideally

It doesn't exist by default - if you add it, then the program will pick it up. – Aboveboard

XMLLINT_INDENT=" " xmllint --html --format - < temp.htm prints no indentation for me. – Leighleigha