## for each item
$ xmllint.exe --xpath " /config/item/destination_dir " config.xml
<destination_dir>test</destination_dir><destination_dir>test1</destination_dir><destination_dir>test2</destination_dir>

## first item only
$ xmllint.exe --xpath " /config/item[1]/destination_dir " config.xml
<destination_dir>test</destination_dir>


## item with filename 'bla'
$ xmllint.exe --xpath " /config/item[ filename='bla']/destination_dir " config.xml
<destination_dir>test1</destination_dir>