#### $ xmllint.exe --shell ravi06-03.xml / > / > whereis //@xlink:href XPath error : Undefined namespace prefix xmlXPathEval: evaluation failed //@xlink:href: no such node / > / > setns xlink=http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink / > / > whereis //@xlink:href /book/book:chapter/book:locator[1]/@xlink:href /book/book:chapter/book:locator[2]/@xlink:href /book/book:chapter/book:locator[3]/@xlink:href / > / > cat //@xlink:href ------- xlink:href="/book/isbn/979-0-4444-1000-17/book-part/chapter/bk444444ch1?releaseStatus=RELEASED" ------- xlink:href="/book/isbn/979-0-4444-1000-17/book-part/chapter/bk444444ch1?releaseStatus=RELEASED&format=pdf" ------- xlink:href="/book/isbn/979-0-4444-1000-17/book-part/chapter/bk444444ch1?releaseStatus=RELEASED&format=epub" / > / > / > cat (//@xlink:href/..)[1] ------- / > / > / > bye $