This cli tool will parse your XML sitemaps and issue a HEAD request to URLs they contain and warn you against problems such as invalid XML or unreachable pages.
If you give it a sitemap index URL which contains other sitemaps, it will parse all of them.
npm install sitemap-check --global$ sitemap-check http://url-to-your-sitemap| Description | command |
|---|---|
| Timeout (in seconds) for a single URL | -t, --timeout |
| Maximum number of URLs to visit in a single sitemap | --maxPerSitemap |