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$ xmllint --format --pretty 1 sample_txt.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
...
<ptext>This is a sample of a very specific text <emph>called</emph
+> <term>description</term> which has 2 subtypes: <list><item><term>1.
+</term><p>precise</p></item><item><term>2.</term><p>fuzzy</p></item><
+/list></ptext>
</para>
</root>