[lug] Html to plain text

[Carlos Hernández López]

Hey,

netscape -remote 'openFile(myfile.html)'  -remote 'saveAs(myfile.txt,Text)'

works great.

But I also take a look at the perl script as someone suggested.

Thanks a lot.


Ken Weinert wrote:

> Take at look at this page, I think it will give you exactly what you
> want: http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/x-remote.html
>
> * Carlos Hernández López (chernanl at banxico.org.mx) [010117 19:04]:
> > Yes, technically, html files ARE plain text. But what I want to do is remove
> > all the html tags and get a  human  readable plain text file. I need  exactly
> > what netscape does with the sequence that Wayde has described.
> >
> > The  thing is that I need to do it  automatically, not by hand.
> >
> > With Lynx I can get a plain text file but it is not so easy to read.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > "J. Wayde Allen" wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Carlos Hernández López wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does anybody know an easy way to convert html files to plain text files?
> > >
> > > Well ... one way using netscape is to use the click sequence:
> > >
> > >    file -> save as -> Format For Saved Document: Text
> > >
> > > - Wayde
> > >   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)
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