On 08-Jun-2004/16:37 -0700, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >simple... > >as i initially stated... i'm curious as to whether anyone has managed to >"drive" a browser from the command line. basically, i'm interested in >possibly parsing some sites, and i'd like to be able to do something like: > >/tmp/brower "www.foo.com" > outputfile > >i'd like to be able to specify the site/page for the browser, with the >browser then returnning the results for the given page... > >i've already been using libwww/mechanize.. it's my understanding that >wget/curl aren't significantly better. so i'm searching for a browser app >that can be used at the command level... > >i don't need the display/rendering function, just the ability to accurately >return the page text. lynx -dump $url > file.txt The HTML is stripped out and you get a text rendering of the page. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Cagreene@xxxxxxxxx%3E> AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
