Introduction:

Thanks to warloo on irc.freenode.net in #xml , this made my day, so I share it back. Enjoy the crude shell adapation.

Install:

make install

Example / Usage:

~/dev/xpathfind p$ ./xpathfind Development examples/www.freenode.net.xml /html[1]/body[1]/div[2]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[5]/a[1] ~/dev/xpathfind p$ ~/dev/xpathfind p$ ~/dev/xpathfind p$ ~/dev/xpathfind p$ xmlstarlet sel -T -t -m '/html[1]/body[1]/div[2]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[5]/a[1]' -v '.' -n examples/www.freenode.net.xml Development ~/dev/xpathfind p$

Works also with spaces:

~/dev/xpathfind p$ ./xpathfind "Balsamiq Mockups" examples/Balsamiq\ Mockups.app\ Contents\ Resources\ META-INF\ AIR\ application.xml /application[1]/filename[1] /application[1]/name[1] /application[1]/initialWindow[1]/title[1] /application[1]/fileTypes[1]/fileType[1]/description[1] ~/dev/xpathfind p$

Now thanks to @freakabcd it also support case insensitive search:

~/dev/xpathfind p$ ./xpathfind -i "balsamiq mockups" examples/Balsamiq\ Mockups.app\ Contents\ Resources\ META-INF\ AIR\ application.xml /application[1]/filename[1] /application[1]/name[1] /application[1]/initialWindow[1]/title[1] /application[1]/fileTypes[1]/fileType[1]/description[1]