how to output html to a file with xmllint?

How do I get xmllint to output to a file? thufir@dur:~/xmllint$ thufir@dur:~/xmllint$ xmllint --html http://www.skynet.be/nieuws-sport/weer/mijn-weer?cityId=6450 --xpath '//div[@class = "tides"]' - 2>/dev/null ^C thufir@dur:~/xmllint$ As it hangs, it has to be killed. The fine manual: > --output FILE > Define a file path where xmllint will save the result of parsing. > Usually the programs build a tree and save it on stdout, with this > option the result XML instance will be saved onto a file. but can't get that working. I don't need any output to the console at all, only interested in the file creation. *This is to tidy up the html for processing by saxon.*