>> > | > Any idea how I can replace words in a html file? Meaning only the >> > | > content will get replace while the html tags, javascript, & css are >> > | > remain untouch. >> > | >> > | I'm not sure what you tried and what you haven't but as a first trial >> > | you might want to >> > | >> > | <untested> >> > | >> > | f = open( 'new.html', 'w' ) >> > | f.write( open( 'index.html' ).read( ).replace( 'replace-this', >> > 'with-that' >> > ) ) >> > | f.close( ) >> > | >> > | </untested> >> >> > If 'replace-this' occurs inside the javascript etc or happens to be an >> > HTML tag name, it will get mangled. The OP didn't want that. >> >> Correct, that is why I started with "I'm not sure what you tried and >> what you haven't but as a first trial you might". For instance if the >> OP wants to replace words which he knows are not in javascript and/or >> css and he knows that these words are also not in html attribute >> names/values, etc, etc, then the above approach would work, in which >> case BeautifulSoup is a gigantic overkill. The OP needs to specify >> more clearly what he wants, before really useful advice can be given. > > Funny, everyone else understood what the OP meant, and useful advice > was given.
It was a lucky day for the OP then! :) Cheers, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
