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Query This XML File on Linux
You are working as a system administrator and have been tasked with querying an XML file using only the CLI (Command Line Interface). You can download the file using the following `curl` command: ``` curl -O -L https://github.com/linuxacademy/content-intro-to-databases-on-linux/raw/master/demo.xml ``` Using the Java-based BaseX client, you will need to query this file for the name of the user with an ID of **1**, and find the ID of the user with the name **Sue**.

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Start the BaseX Client
irst you will need to download the BaseX client from basex.org:
curl -O -L http://files.basex.org/releases/9.3.2/BaseX932.jar
The Java binaries will also be needed:
sudo yum -y install java
Finally, we can start the BaseX client:
java -cp BaseX932.jar org.basex.BaseX
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Open the demo.xml File
With the client installed and running, we can open the demo file:
CREATE DB demo demo.xml
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Print the Name of the User with an ID of 1
xquery /users/user[ID=1]/Name
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Print ID of the User with a Name of Sue
xquery /users/user[Name="Sue"]/ID
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