#!/snap/bin/powershell <# .SYNTAX ./check-xml-file [] .DESCRIPTION checks the given XML file for validity .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param ([String]$XmlFilePath) try { if ($XmlFilePath -eq "" ) { $XmlFilePath = read-host "Enter path to XML file" } # Get the file $XmlFile = Get-Item($XmlFilePath) # Keep count of how many errors there are in the XML file $script:ErrorCount = 0 # Perform the XSD Validation $ReaderSettings = New-Object -TypeName System.Xml.XmlReaderSettings $ReaderSettings.ValidationType = [System.Xml.ValidationType]::Schema $ReaderSettings.ValidationFlags = [System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidationFlags]::ProcessInlineSchema -bor [System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidationFlags]::ProcessSchemaLocation $ReaderSettings.add_ValidationEventHandler({ $script:ErrorCount++ }) $Reader = [System.Xml.XmlReader]::Create($XmlFile.FullName, $ReaderSettings) while ($Reader.Read()) { } $Reader.Close() # Verify the results of the XSD validation if ($script:ErrorCount -gt 0) { write-output "XML file is NOT valid" exit 1 } else { write-output "XML file is valid" exit 0 } } catch { write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }