Here is synopsis for 'xml ls' command:

XMLStarlet Toolkit: List directory as XML
Usage: xml ls
Lists current directory in XML format.

XMLStarlet is a command line toolkit to query/edit/check/transform
XML documents (for more information see http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/)

EXAMPLE

xml ls

Output

<xml>
<d a="rwxr-xr-x" acc="2004.02.13 00:06:03" mod="2004.02.13 00:06:00" sz="4096"  n="."/>
<d a="rwxr-xr-x" acc="2004.02.12 23:54:35" mod="2004.02.13 00:00:09" sz="4096"  n=".."/>
<f a="rw-r--r--" acc="2004.02.12 23:54:58" mod="2004.02.12 23:54:58" sz="0"     n="resume.xml"/>
<f a="rw-r--r--" acc="2004.02.12 23:54:58" mod="2004.02.12 23:54:58" sz="0"     n="resume-2004.xml"/>
<d a="rwxr-xr-x" acc="2004.02.13 00:04:52" mod="2004.02.13 00:04:52" sz="4096"  n="old-resumes"/>
</xml>