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I download a HTML file using wget command. I convert it into a text file using w3m.



wget -q0- www.example.com
w3m -dump index.html


I want to use only basic commands like wget, curl, etc. without installing any additional packages like w3m, lynx and html2text to convert HTML to text. Can you suggest some commands to do the same?



Any other method to get text of a webpage using basic commands are also appreciated.










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  • Please add sample input and your desired output for that sample input to your question.

    – Cyrus
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    Don't Parse XML/HTML With Regex. I suggest to use an XML/HTML parser (xmlstarlet, xmllint ...).

    – Cyrus
    Jan 27 at 7:57











  • @Cyrus Please make that an answer!

    – dessert
    Jan 27 at 9:19
















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I download a HTML file using wget command. I convert it into a text file using w3m.



wget -q0- www.example.com
w3m -dump index.html


I want to use only basic commands like wget, curl, etc. without installing any additional packages like w3m, lynx and html2text to convert HTML to text. Can you suggest some commands to do the same?



Any other method to get text of a webpage using basic commands are also appreciated.










share|improve this question

























  • Please add sample input and your desired output for that sample input to your question.

    – Cyrus
    Jan 27 at 7:54






  • 1





    Don't Parse XML/HTML With Regex. I suggest to use an XML/HTML parser (xmlstarlet, xmllint ...).

    – Cyrus
    Jan 27 at 7:57











  • @Cyrus Please make that an answer!

    – dessert
    Jan 27 at 9:19














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I download a HTML file using wget command. I convert it into a text file using w3m.



wget -q0- www.example.com
w3m -dump index.html


I want to use only basic commands like wget, curl, etc. without installing any additional packages like w3m, lynx and html2text to convert HTML to text. Can you suggest some commands to do the same?



Any other method to get text of a webpage using basic commands are also appreciated.










share|improve this question
















I download a HTML file using wget command. I convert it into a text file using w3m.



wget -q0- www.example.com
w3m -dump index.html


I want to use only basic commands like wget, curl, etc. without installing any additional packages like w3m, lynx and html2text to convert HTML to text. Can you suggest some commands to do the same?



Any other method to get text of a webpage using basic commands are also appreciated.







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  • Please add sample input and your desired output for that sample input to your question.

    – Cyrus
    Jan 27 at 7:54






  • 1





    Don't Parse XML/HTML With Regex. I suggest to use an XML/HTML parser (xmlstarlet, xmllint ...).

    – Cyrus
    Jan 27 at 7:57











  • @Cyrus Please make that an answer!

    – dessert
    Jan 27 at 9:19



















  • Please add sample input and your desired output for that sample input to your question.

    – Cyrus
    Jan 27 at 7:54






  • 1





    Don't Parse XML/HTML With Regex. I suggest to use an XML/HTML parser (xmlstarlet, xmllint ...).

    – Cyrus
    Jan 27 at 7:57











  • @Cyrus Please make that an answer!

    – dessert
    Jan 27 at 9:19

















Please add sample input and your desired output for that sample input to your question.

– Cyrus
Jan 27 at 7:54





Please add sample input and your desired output for that sample input to your question.

– Cyrus
Jan 27 at 7:54




1




1





Don't Parse XML/HTML With Regex. I suggest to use an XML/HTML parser (xmlstarlet, xmllint ...).

– Cyrus
Jan 27 at 7:57





Don't Parse XML/HTML With Regex. I suggest to use an XML/HTML parser (xmlstarlet, xmllint ...).

– Cyrus
Jan 27 at 7:57













@Cyrus Please make that an answer!

– dessert
Jan 27 at 9:19





@Cyrus Please make that an answer!

– dessert
Jan 27 at 9:19










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