diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b30d95e..b07d9c9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
 		"commands": [
 			{
 				"command": "xmltools.formatXml",
-				"title": "Format XML"
+				"title": "XML Tools: Format XML"
+			},
+			{
+				"command": "xmltools.linearizeXml",
+				"title": "XML Tools: Linearize XML"
 			}
 		]
 	},
diff --git a/src/features/xmlFormatting.ts b/src/features/xmlFormatting.ts
index 5a593d1..e3bf197 100644
--- a/src/features/xmlFormatting.ts
+++ b/src/features/xmlFormatting.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import { TextEditor, TextEditorEdit, TextDocument, Position, Range } from 'vscode';
+import { TextEditor, TextEditorEdit } from 'vscode';
+import { getRangeForDocument } from '../utils/RangeUtils';
 
 let pd = require('pretty-data').pd;
 
 export function formatXml(editor: TextEditor, edit: TextEditorEdit): void {
 	let current = editor.document.getText();
 	let pretty = pd.xml(current);
-	
-	// get the range for the entire document
-	let lastLineIndex = (editor.document.lineCount - 1);
-	let lastLine = editor.document.lineAt(lastLineIndex);
-	let lastPosition = lastLine.rangeIncludingLineBreak.end;
-	let range = new Range(new Position(0, 0), lastPosition);
-	
-	// validate the range to ensure it fits inside the document
-	range = editor.document.validateRange(range);
-	
-	// replace the existing xml with the pretty xml
+	let range = getRangeForDocument(editor.document);
+
 	edit.replace(range, pretty);
+}
+
+export function linearizeXml(editor: TextEditor, edit: TextEditorEdit): void {
+	let current = editor.document.getText();
+	let linear = pd.xmlmin(current);
+	let range = getRangeForDocument(editor.document);
+	
+	edit.replace(range, linear);
 }
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diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index d376fb6..8173a73 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import { commands, ExtensionContext } from 'vscode';
-import { formatXml } from './features/xmlFormatting';
+import { formatXml, linearizeXml } from './features/xmlFormatting';
 
 export function activate(ctx: ExtensionContext) {
 	// check for update
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ export function activate(ctx: ExtensionContext) {
 	
 	// register pallete commands
 	ctx.subscriptions.push(commands.registerTextEditorCommand('xmltools.formatXml', formatXml));
+	ctx.subscriptions.push(commands.registerTextEditorCommand('xmltools.linearizeXml', linearizeXml));
 }
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diff --git a/src/utils/RangeUtils.ts b/src/utils/RangeUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad8f840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/RangeUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import { TextDocument, Range, Position } from 'vscode';
+
+export function getRangeForDocument(document: TextDocument): Range {
+	let lastLineIndex = (document.lineCount - 1);
+	let range = new Range(new Position(0, 0), new Position(lastLineIndex, Number.MAX_VALUE));
+
+	range = document.validateRange(range);
+	
+	return range;
+}
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