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.. "EXTRACT" "1" "15 Feb 2008" "4.x" "HTML-XML-utils"

"EXTRACT" "1" "15 Feb 2008" "4.x" "HTML-XML-utils"

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NAME

extract - extract selected elements from a HTML or XML file

SYNOPSIS

extract [ -h | -? ] [ -x ] [ -s text ] [ -e text ] [ -b base ] element-or-class [ -c configfile | file-or-URL ]

DESCRIPTION

extract outputs all elements with a certain name and/or class.

Input must be well-formed, since no HTML heuristics are applied.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:
-x
Use XML format conventions.
-s text
Insert text at the start of the output.
-e text
Insert text at the end of the output.
-b base
URL base
-c configfile
Read @chapter lines from configfile (lines must be of the form "@chapter filename") and extract elements from each of those files.
-h, -?
Print command usage.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:
element-or-class
The name of an element to extract (e.g., "H2"), or the name of a class preceded by "." (e.g., ".example") or a combination of both (e.g., "H2.example").
file-or-URL
A file name or a URL. To read from standard input, use "-".

SEE ALSO

xselect(1)