> verify that I had, indeed, posted the article. I did but, if my > query ever appeared, I missed it along with any responses... :(
It has appeared now. > > I should like to be able to use lynx as a filter to translate HTML > to plain text. That is to say, I should like to be able to send a > HTML to lynx's stdin (standard input for non-Unix types) and have > plain text (no HTML) appear at lynx's stdout. On linux you can do this: cat lynx_bookmarks.html | lynx --force-html /dev/fd/5 -dump 5<&0 | less I'd be surprised if freebsd doesn't have an equivalent of /dev/fd/ > According to the lynx man page it should be possible to convince > lynx to accept input via it's stdin unless I'm misunderstanding > what is being said: You are misunderstanding. > > - If the argument is only '-', then Lynx expects to > receive the arguments from stdin. This is to allow The arguments, not the actual HTML file. _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
