On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:11:42 -0500
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A. Costa wrote:
> > URLcat() { wget -o /dev/null --output-document=- "$1" | html2text
> > -ascii -nobs ; }
>
> Already available as lynx -dump url (formatting html), or w3m url
> (formats html also of course, and can be us
A. Costa wrote:
> On the other hand you're right to notice that 'URLgrep' is too
> ad hoc, that got me thinking the flaw of 'URLgrep' is that it's not
> general enough. A 'URLcat' would be much more general.
>
> URLcat() { wget -o /dev/null --output-document=- "$1" | html2text -ascii
> -nobs ;
A. Costa clumsily typed:
> I think you're at half right...
s/at half/at least half/
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:23:44 -0500
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > # usage: URLgrep pattern URL
> > # (ad hoc grep switches return first instance of 'pattern'
> > # in URL and next line, with numbered lines.)
> > URLgrep() { wget -o /dev/null --output-document=- "$2" |
> >
A. Costa wrote:
> Is there a text 'grep' for web pages? If not, that'd
> be good.
>
> I'm thinking something that acts like this ad hoc function, only better:
>
> # usage: URLgrep pattern URL
> # (ad hoc grep switches return first instance of 'pattern'
> # in URL and next line, with
Package: moreutils
Version: 0.18
Severity: wishlist
Is there a text 'grep' for web pages? If not, that'd
be good.
I'm thinking something that acts like this ad hoc function, only better:
# usage: URLgrep pattern URL
# (ad hoc grep switches return first instance of 'pattern'
# in U
6 matches
Mail list logo
