Parse and print XML to verify the structure manually

check_xml.py

import os
import sys

from lxml import etree as ET


def recurse(node, level=0):
    for child in node.iterchildren():
        text = (child.text or '')
        if len(text) > 20:
            text = text[:20] + '...'
        to_print = child.tag + ': ' + text.replace('\n', '\\n')
        print(' ' * (level * 2) + to_print)
        recurse(child, level + 1)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    path = os.path.expanduser(sys.argv[1])

    huge_tree_parser = ET.XMLParser(huge_tree=True)
    tree = ET.parse(path, huge_tree_parser)
    root = tree.getroot()
    recurse(root)