"NORMALIZE" "1" "15 Feb 2008" "4.x" "HTML-XML-utils"
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normalize - pretty-print an HTML file
normalize
[ -x ]
[ -e ]
[ -d ]
[ -i
indent ]
[ -l
line-length ]
[ file ]
The
normalize
command pretty-prints an HTML file, and also tries to fix small
errors. The output is the same HTML, but with a maximum line length
and with optional indentation to indicate the nesting level of each
line.
The following options are supported:
-
-x
-
Use XML conventions: empty elements are written with a slash at the
end: <IMG />. Implies
-e.
-
-e
-
Always insert endtags, even if HTML does not require them (for
example: </p> and </li>).
-
-d
-
Omit the DOCTYPE from the output.
-
-i indent
-
Set the number of spaces to indent each nesting level. Default is 2.
Not all elements cause an indent. In general, elements that can occur
in a block environment are started on a new line and cause an indent,
but inline elements, such as EM and SPAN do not cause an indent.
-
-l line-length
-
Sets the maximum length of lines.
normalize
will wrap lines so that all lines are as long as possible, but no
longer than this length. Default is 72. Words that are longer than the
line length will not be broken, and will extend past this length. A
\"word\" is a sequence of characters delimited by white space.) The
content of the STYLE, SCRIPT and PRE elements will not be
line-wrapped.
The following operand is supported:
-
file
-
The name of an HTML file. If absent, standard input is read instead.
The following exit values are returned:
-
0
-
Successful completion.
-
>
-
An error occurred in the parsing of the HTML file.
normalize
will try to correct the error and produce output anyway.
asc2xml(1),
xml2asc(1),
UTF-8 (RFC 2279)
The error recovery for incorrect HTML is primitive.
normalize
will not omit an endtag if the white space after it could possibly be
significant. E.g., it will not remove the first </p> from
"<div><p>text</p> <p>text</p></div>".