Yaml2xml

yaml2xml

Quick Start

• Command: yaml2xml < data.yaml > data.xml
• Local executable: /home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/yaml2xml
• Full reference: See references/help.md for detailed usage and options

When To Use This Tool

• Convert YAML metadata or configuration into XML.
• Bridge YAML-speaking tooling into XML-side EDirect workflows.
• Normalize structured YAML before XML-based extraction or reporting.

Common Patterns

# 1) Convert a YAML document into XML
yaml2xml < data.yaml > data.xml

# 2) Convert and inspect the emitted XML quickly
yaml2xml < data.yaml | sed -n '1,40p'

Recommended Workflow

1. Validate the YAML syntax on a small representative input.
2. Run yaml2xml via stdin redirection or a pipe.
3. Inspect the emitted XML hierarchy before converting a larger batch.
4. Feed the XML into downstream xtract or reporting steps once the shape looks right.

Guardrails

• This wrapper simply runs transmute -y2x, so transmute must be on PATH.
• The installed wrapper does not expose a meaningful --help / --version response.
• Prefer stdin/pipes over undocumented positional-file behavior.
• In practice the converter emits a <ConfigFile> root for simple mappings, so check downstream expectations if you need a different document root.