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I am a beginner to linux. Would you please help me how to convert an html page to a text file. the text file will remove any images and links from the webpage. I want to use only bash commands and not html to text converting tools. As an example, i want to convert the first page google search results for "computers".
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Click the “Save as” or “Save Page As” option and select “Text Files” from the Save as Type drop-down menu. Type a name for the text file and click “Save.” The text from the Web page will be extracted and saved as a text file that can be viewed in text editors and document programs such as Microsoft Word.
To create a new file, run the "cat" command and then use the redirection operator ">" followed by the name of the file. Now you will be prompted to insert data into this newly created file. Type a line and then press "Ctrl+D" to save the file.
Easiest way is to use something like this which the dump (in short is the text version of viewable HTML).
Remote file:
lynx --dump www.google.com > file.txt links -dump www.google.com Local file:
lynx --dump ./1.html > file.txt links -dump ./1.htm With charset conversion to utf8 (see):
lynx -dump -display_charset UTF-8 ./1.htm links -dump -codepage UTF-8 ./1.htm If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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