hxextract − extract selected elements from a HTML or XML file
hxextract [ −h | −? ] [ −x ] [ −s text ] [ −e text ] [ −b base ] element-or-class [ −c configfile | file−or−URL ]
hxextract outputs all elements with a certain name and/or class.
Input must be well-formed, since no HTML heuristics are applied.
The following options are supported:
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−x |
Use XML format conventions. |
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−s text |
Insert text at the start of the output. |
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−e text |
Insert text at the end of the output. |
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−b base |
URL base |
−c configfile
Read @chapter lines from configfile (lines must be of the form "@chapter filename") and extract elements from each of those files.
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−h, −? |
Print command usage. |
The following
operands are supported:
element-or-class
The name of an element to extract (e.g., "H2"), or the name of a class preceded by "." (e.g., ".example") or a combination of both (e.g., "H2.example").
file-or-URL
A file name or a URL. To read from standard input, use "-".
To use a proxy to retrieve remote files, set the environment variables http_proxy and ftp_proxy. E.g., http_proxy="http://localhost:8080/"
Remote files (specified with a URL) are currently only supported for HTTP. Password-protected files or files that depend on HTTP "cookies" are not handled. (You can use tools such as curl(1) or wget(1) to retrieve such files.)
hxselect(1)