xml-json.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
var parser = require('xml2json');
//var argv = require('node-argv')

var re = /(?:\.([^.]+))?$/;
var typ = process.argv[2]
var ext = re.exec(typ)[1];

if (ext === "xml") {
  var fs = require('fs')
    , filename = process.argv[2];
  fs.readFile(filename, 'utf8', function(err, xml) {
    if (err) throw err;
    //console.log(xml)

    var json = parser.toJson(xml); //returns a string containing the JSON structure by default
  console.log(json);
  });

} else {
  var xml = process.argv[2];
  var json = parser.toJson(xml); //returns a string containing the JSON structure by default
  console.log(json);
}