Xmllint parser error : EntityRef: expecting ';'

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi

I have an XML file which contains html urls in that node values. When i use xmllint to parse that, i am getting error (because of the sympols in the url). i have used --html option but it throws other tag errors.

Please guide me.

sample file.xml 
<abc>
<bcd>
<cde>
<a>sometext</a>
<b>https://www.asdf.com/plaer?foreo=APYlolNO=BPYprotName=UINS%20min</b>
<c>asdf</c>
</cde>
</bcd>
</abc>

tried

echo "cat /abc/bcd/cde/a/text()" | xmllint  --nocdata --html --shell file.xml | sed '1d;$d'

error:

parser error : EntityRef: expecting ';'
<b>https://www.asdf.com/plaer?foreo=APYlolNO=BPYprotName=UINS%20min
                                                                       ^(this symbol was pointing in the = sign)
2

Putting a ... in your diagnostic message instead of the actual text that was displayed makes it impossible for us to see where in that message xmlint thought there should be a semicolon character.

Please post the exact diagnostic message xmlint printed in CODE tags (not QUOTE tags).

3

I'm afraid it's the browser or the server or the editor? that added tags and put the ... in lieu of the real partial string. I removed the tags to display the entire string; unfortunately, the caret still point to nowhere...