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Asked: 2026-05-26T05:30:17+00:00

I have an XSL that transforms an XML file into a HTML file. Works

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I have an XSL that transforms an XML file into a HTML file. Works great. But I would like to apply to a directory of files. Ideally a new HTML file for each XML file would be plunked down in the same directory.

I’m using Windows XP. I’ve got Cygwin, and am good enough with shell scripting. I’ve now got Saxon, but haven’t been able to accomplish much with it so far. Right now I’m doing something like

java -jar settings.saxon_path -t -s:sourceFilepathNormal -xsl:normalizePath(myXSLT) -o:newXMLFilepathNormal

in a for loop on each file in the directory, but this seems hella clunky to me. Actually, doesn’t seem that way, I know its clunky. What is the most elegant way you would accomplish this task with the tools at hand?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can do this using the collection() function as suggested; but there’s also a facility on the Saxon command line to process a whole directory. Just give a directory name as the value of the -s argument and another directory as the value of the -o argument.

    If you prefer a GUI approach, KernowForSaxon also has the capability to apply the same transformation to every file in a folder.

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