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Author Newby help on HTML
Jim Simpson

2004-04-23, 12:40 pm

Is there a way to use Perl to find a web site and convert it to a TXT file?
If so, please help me to do it - I've looked everywhere for help with out
success.

Jim


Dave Cross

2004-04-23, 2:32 pm

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:38:46 -0400, Jim Simpson wrote:

> Is there a way to use Perl to find a web site and convert it to a TXT file?
> If so, please help me to do it - I've looked everywhere for help with out
> success.


Something like HTML::FormatText perhaps?

http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-Fo...L/FormatText.pm

Dave...

Jim Simpson

2004-04-24, 10:31 am

Thanks Dave for your help.

Jim


"Dave Cross" <dave@dave.org.uk> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.04.23.17.03.51.1539@dave.org.uk...
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:38:46 -0400, Jim Simpson wrote:
>
file?[color=darkred]
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>
> Something like HTML::FormatText perhaps?
>
> http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-Fo...L/FormatText.pm
>
> Dave...
>



Daniel Horn

2004-04-24, 10:31 am



Jim Simpson wrote:

> Is there a way to use Perl to find a web site and convert it to a TXT file?
> If so, please help me to do it - I've looked everywhere for help with out
> success.
>
> Jim




http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-Fo...L/FormatText.pm




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