check XML syntax with xmllint

Question

I am having a problem with some XML print files where the source system omits to convert some characters to their XML syntax equivalent (e.g. & is not converted to &am

Answer 1

If you just need to check validity(correctness) of any xml document using xmllint, here is one more way.

if xmllint --noout /tmp/test.xml > /dev/null 2>&1;
then
    echo "correct"
else
    echo "incorrect"
fi