You can use lynx from a shell script like this
lynx -dump http://www.google.com >google.txt
This is useful if you want to convert a large number of pages
Though you might be able to do it by calling the ie activex object as well,
but it's less trivial than simply calling it from a shell script
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Joshua [mailto:daniel(_dot_)joshua(_at_)gridnode(_dot_)com]
Sent: woensdag 23 juni 2004 12:45
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: RE: [xsl] Converting HTML to plain text
M$ IE 6.0 has a "Save As" feature which you can as text (.txt)... what does
Lynx do better?
Regards,
Daniel
-----Original Message-----
From: David(_dot_)Pawson(_at_)rnib(_dot_)org(_dot_)uk
[mailto:David(_dot_)Pawson(_at_)rnib(_dot_)org(_dot_)uk]
Sent: Wednesday, 23 June, 2004 5:13 PM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: RE: [xsl] Converting HTML to plain text
I've heard that the best way is to use the Lynx browser,
which has a save as text option.
HTH DaveP>
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