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hmm, odd moovees with odd problems. IE Save As... here gets the same disk full error. slurp it commando...

$ curl -O http://home.mindspring.com/~bduart/tobor.mov

Thanks mT, curl worked great and same for Paul's movie too. I guess I ought to submit yet another bug report on IE.

Above examples wont work

The perl, and awk lines given above wont work with multi-line html tags

instead
curl <url> | perl -we 'undef $/; $s = <>; $s =~s/<[^<]*>/ /g; print $s'
should do the job in one line.

Re: Above examples wont work

Quote:

Originally posted by sox
The perl, and awk lines given above wont work with multi-line html tags

Did you even try the awk line? Why wouldn't it work? I wrote it to work since the original sed line dealt with it. It works for me.

Quote:

From the perlvars man page
Remember: the value of `$/' is a string, not a
regex. awk has to be better for something. :-)

A bit late, but...

Just realized I coud use "w3m" for local files also:

$ cat foo.html | w3m -dump -T text/html >foo.txt

works fast and well.

Cheers...

UUOC watchdog (me) says:

Save typing, resources, and nag-points by doing it like this instead:

w3m -dump -T text/html <foo.html >foo.txt

osxpez,

I knew I would win somethings: "Useless Use of Cat Award" ...Thanks! :D

I will make sure I put the 'cat' away and use it as you suggested.

Cheers...

I just found the most excellent use for "links -dump"!!!

I've not been using surfraw all that much since it insisted on fireing up an UI based browser. Not "raw" enough for me. But with these lines in my surfraw.conf:

def SURFRAW_graphical no
def SURFRAW_text_browser links
def SURFRAW_text_browser_args -dump

doing a command like this:

$ webster marshmallow

I get output like this:

Code:

   Merriam-Webster home               IFrame                    [IMG]



   [IMG] Home    [IMG]                                    Download the new

   Help                             [USEMAP]               Merriam-Webster

   [IMG] Word of the                                      Toolbar and look

   Day                     One entry found for            up words anywhere

   [IMG] Word Games        marshmallow.                   on the Web - it's

   [IMG] Word for the                                           free!

   Wise

   [IMG] Books and CDs     Main Entry: marsh.mal.low        ____________

   [IMG] Company Info      [IMG]                           [ Dictionary ]

   [IMG] Customer          Pronunciation:

   Service                 'ma:rsh-"me-lO, -"ma-            ____________

   [IMG] Network           Function: noun                   [ Thesaurus ]

   Options                 Date: before 12th century

   [IMG] Language Zone     1 : a pink-flowered European

   [IMG] The Lighter       perennial herb (Althaea        _________ [ Find ]

   Side                    officinalis) of the mallow

   [IMG] Site Map          family that is naturalized     [IMG]

                           in the eastern U.S. and has

         Log in to         a mucilaginous root            +---------------+

      Merriam-Webster      sometimes used in              |[ Ask Jeeves ] |

        Unabridged         confectionery and in           |   ________    |

       Member Log-in       medicine                       |   [ Ask! ]    |

                           2 : a confection formerly      +---------------+

     Shopping              made from the root of the

                           marshmallow but now usually    +---------------+

                           made from corn syrup, sugar,   |     Put a     |

          [IMG]            albumen, and gelatin beaten    |Merriam-Webster|

    NEW! Britannica        to a light spongy              | dictionary on |

    2003 Ultimate          consistency; also : a piece    |   your Palm   |

    Reference Suite        of partially dried             |    Pilot!     |

    DVD                    marshmallow <a bag of          +---------------+

    Price: USD $69.95      marshmallows>

    Only $49.95 after      - marsh.mal.lowy [IMG]

    mail-in rebate!        /-"me-l&-wE, -"ma-/

                           adjective

If that's not cool and useful, then what is??

osxpez,

I tried it and works very well, and it looks stormy in Singapore with:

$ wetandwild singapore

Code:

 Edited



Tonight: Scattered thunderstorms this evening with a few showers still possible               

overnight. Low 77F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 40%.                             

                                                                                                              

Tomorrow: Variable clouds with a chance of thunderstorms. High 87F. Winds light and           

variable. Chance of rain 60%.                                                                 

                                                                                                                 

Tomorrow night: Thunderstorms likely. Low 77F. Winds light and variable. Chance of            

rain 70%.                                                                                     

                                                                                                                 

Saturday: Scattered thunderstorms in the morning, then mainly cloudy during the               

afternoon with thunderstorms likely. High 87F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of              

rain 70%.                                                                                     

                                                                                                    

Sunday: Scattered thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s.            

                                                                                                               

Monday: Thunderstorms likely. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s.

Cheers...

Cool! But not very useful for a swede. I don't understand Farenheight! =)