XML

XML has some slight differences (such as attributes) that should be documented.

See XML file format for more information.

Query attributes

Decoded attributes are set as properties on the related object with a prefix of -.

echo '<data>
    <users primary="true">
        <name>Tom</name>
    </users>
    <users primary="false">
        <name>Frank</name>
    </users>
</data>' | dasel -p xml '.data.users.[0].-primary'
true

Filtering on attributes

We can also filter on attributes since they are defined against the related object.

echo '<data>
    <users primary="true">
        <name>Tom</name>
    </users>
    <users primary="false">
        <name>Frank</name>
    </users>
</data>' | dasel -p xml '.data.users.(-primary=true).name'
Tom