Re: Cleaning up html

[Richard Giering dick.giering@xxxxxxxx]

Wouldn't it be easier to bring up a browser in local mode and access the
HTML file, then save as in test (txt) format. This should give ONLY the
text of the contents and none of the HTML tags.

Jay McNally wrote:
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> Can anyone offer me some advice for this problem?
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> I often need to take text from a web document that has been saved in html.
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> My somewhat tedious but simple process for some years is to simply loop an
> xpl routine that defines then deletes everything from the first "less
> than" bracket to the next "greater than" bracket. I then manually clean up
> the rest of the junk. It works.
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> Can I run a CHange command with wildcards that would erase the whole string
> between the brackets, such as the following junk?
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> I'm thinking it would be nice to have one command that would clean out
> everything between the brackets, then another command deleting the
> brackets. I tinkered with it briefly yesterday and got nowhere.
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> Is there a simpler way around this problem?
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> Thanks
>
> Jay