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select="." (dot)


File: Data.xml

<wine grape="Cabernet">
  <winery>shop 1</winery>
  <product>product 1</product>
  <year>1996</year>
  <prices date="12/1/01">
    <list>13.99</list>
    <discounted>11.00</discounted>
  </prices>
</wine>

File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">
  <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no" />
  
  <xsl:template match="wine">
    <xsl:copy-of select="." />
  </xsl:template>
  
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<wine grape="Cabernet">
  <winery>shop 1</winery>
  <product>product 1</product>
  <year>1996</year>
  <prices date="12/1/01">
    <list>13.99</list>
    <discounted>11.00</discounted>
  </prices>
</wine>

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