diff --git a/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRCommandUtils.java b/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRCommandUtils.java
index efe2d85be2..6adf6fc781 100644
--- a/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRCommandUtils.java
+++ b/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRCommandUtils.java
@@ -223,18 +223,30 @@ public static Transformer getTransformer(String style, String defaultStyle, Map<
      * <p>
      * This method iterates over all available objects IDs, filters them using a given filter and
      * maps them to a MCRBase-object using the given mapper. For each such object, the corresponding XML
-     * representation is created and the given XPath applied. If the Xpath evaluates to a non-empty result,
+     * representation is created and the given XPath applied. If the XPath evaluates to a non-empty result,
      * the corresponding object ID is selected and included in the result list.
      */
     public static List<String> selectWithXpath(String xPath, Predicate<String> filter,
         Function<MCRObjectID, MCRBase> mapper) {
+        List<String> objectIds = MCRXMLMetadataManager.getInstance().listIDs();
+        return filterWithXpath(objectIds, xPath, filter, mapper);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Select MCRObjectIDs by applying a XPath to the corresponding MCRBase-objects XML representation.
+     * <p>
+     * This method iterates over all given objects IDs, filters them using a given filter and
+     * maps them to a MCRBase-object using the given mapper. For each such object, the corresponding XML
+     * representation is created and the given XPath applied. If the XPath evaluates to a non-empty result,
+     * the corresponding object ID is selected and included in the result list.
+     */
+    public static List<String> filterWithXpath(List<String> objectIds, String xPath, Predicate<String> filter,
+        Function<MCRObjectID, MCRBase> mapper) {
 
         XPathExpression<Object> xPathExpression = XPathFactory.instance()
             .compile(xPath, Filters.fpassthrough(), null, MCRConstants.getStandardNamespaces());
 
-        return MCRXMLMetadataManager
-            .getInstance()
-            .listIDs()
+        return objectIds
             .stream()
             .filter(filter)
             .map(MCRObjectID::getInstance)
diff --git a/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRDerivateCommands.java b/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRDerivateCommands.java
index e31fbc1c12..12a51bbb7d 100644
--- a/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRDerivateCommands.java
+++ b/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRDerivateCommands.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
  * @author Frank Lützenkirchen
  */
 @MCRCommandGroup(name = "Derivate Commands")
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD.AvoidDuplicateLiterals")
 public class MCRDerivateCommands extends MCRAbstractCommands {
 
     /** The logger */
@@ -105,14 +106,27 @@ public class MCRDerivateCommands extends MCRAbstractCommands {
 
     @MCRCommand(
         syntax = "select derivates with xpath {0}",
-        help = "Selects MCRDerivates with XPath {0}, if that XPath evaluates to a non-empty result list" +
+        help = "Selects MCRDerivates with XPath {0}," +
+            " if that XPath evaluates to a non-empty result list" +
             " (this command may take a while, use with care in case of a large number of objects)",
         order = 10)
-    public static void selectObjectsWithXpath(String xPath) {
+    public static void selectDerivatesWithXpath(String xPath) {
         MCRBasicCommands.setSelectedValues(MCRCommandUtils.selectWithXpath(
             xPath, DERIVATE_ID_PREDICATE, MCRMetadataManager::retrieveMCRDerivate));
     }
 
+    @MCRCommand(
+        syntax = "filter derivate selection with xpath {0}",
+        help = "Filters the selection as MCRDerivates with XPath {0}," +
+            " if that XPath evaluates to a non-empty result list" +
+            " (this command may take a while, use with care in case of a large number of objects)",
+        order = 10)
+    public static void filterDerivateSelectionWithXpath(String xPath) {
+        MCRBasicCommands.setSelectedValues(MCRCommandUtils.filterWithXpath(
+            MCRBasicCommands.getSelectedValues(),
+            xPath, DERIVATE_ID_PREDICATE, MCRMetadataManager::retrieveMCRDerivate));
+    }
+
     /**
      * deletes all MCRDerivate from the datastore.
      */
diff --git a/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRObjectCommands.java b/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRObjectCommands.java
index 6c43ed9747..9a16e7a9b2 100644
--- a/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRObjectCommands.java
+++ b/mycore-base/src/main/java/org/mycore/frontend/cli/MCRObjectCommands.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
  * @author Robert Stephan
  */
 @MCRCommandGroup(name = "Object Commands")
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD.AvoidDuplicateLiterals")
 public class MCRObjectCommands extends MCRAbstractCommands {
 
     private static final String EXPORT_OBJECT_TO_DIRECTORY_WITH_STYLESHEET_COMMAND =
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ public static List<String> getSelectedObjectIDs() {
 
     @MCRCommand(
         syntax = "select objects with xpath {0}",
-        help = "Selects MCRObjects with XPath {0}, if that XPath evaluates to a non-empty result list" +
+        help = "Selects MCRObjects with XPath {0}," +
+            " if that XPath evaluates to a non-empty result list" +
             " (this command may take a while, use with care in case of a large number of objects)",
         order = 10)
     public static void selectWithXpath(String xPath) {
@@ -152,9 +154,22 @@ public static void selectWithXpath(String xPath) {
             xPath, OBJECT_ID_PREDICATE, MCRMetadataManager::retrieveMCRObject));
     }
 
+    @MCRCommand(
+        syntax = "filter object selection with xpath {0}",
+        help = "Filters the selection as MCRObjects with XPath {0}," +
+            " if that XPath evaluates to a non-empty result list" +
+            " (this command may take a while, use with care in case of a large number of objects)",
+        order = 11)
+    public static void filterObjectSelectionWithXpath(String xPath) {
+        MCRBasicCommands.setSelectedValues(MCRCommandUtils.filterWithXpath(
+            MCRBasicCommands.getSelectedValues(),
+            xPath, OBJECT_ID_PREDICATE, MCRMetadataManager::retrieveMCRObject));
+    }
+
     @MCRCommand(
         syntax = "select expanded objects with xpath {0}",
-        help = "Selects expanded MCRObjects with XPath {0}, if that XPath evaluates to a non-empty result list" +
+        help = "Selects expanded MCRObjects with XPath {0}," +
+            " if that XPath evaluates to a non-empty result list" +
             " (this command may take a while, use with care in case of a large number of objects)",
         order = 10)
     public static void selectExpandedObjectsWithXpath(String xPath) {
@@ -162,6 +177,18 @@ public static void selectExpandedObjectsWithXpath(String xPath) {
             xPath, OBJECT_ID_PREDICATE, MCRMetadataManager::retrieveMCRExpandedObject));
     }
 
+    @MCRCommand(
+        syntax = "filter expanded object selection with xpath {0}",
+        help = "Filters the selection as expanded MCRObjects with XPath {0}," +
+            " if that XPath evaluates to a non-empty result list"
+            + " (this command may take a while, use with care in case of a large number of objects)",
+        order = 10)
+    public static void filterExpandedObjectSelectionWithXpath(String xPath) {
+        MCRBasicCommands.setSelectedValues(MCRCommandUtils.filterWithXpath(
+            MCRBasicCommands.getSelectedValues(),
+            xPath, OBJECT_ID_PREDICATE, MCRMetadataManager::retrieveMCRExpandedObject));
+    }
+
     @MCRCommand(
         syntax = "select descendants of object {0}",
         help = "Selects MCRObjects that are descendants of {0} (children, grandchildren, ...) and {0} itself.",