akfscraper(1)               General Commands Manual              akfscraper(1)

NAME
       akfscraper - convert HTML/XHTML into plain text

SYNOPSIS
       akfscraper [options] [HTML files]

DESCRIPTION
       The program converts HTML or XHTML data into plain text (Markdown).

       When  no  files  are provided, it reads the standard input.  Unless the
       option -o is used, it writes to the standard output.   That  means,  it
       can be used as a filter.

       The  output  is  always  encoded  as  UTF-8.  For input it supports the
       encodings UTF-8, ISO-8859-1 or codepage 1252.

       Links are added at the end as references.

OPTIONS
       -h
       --help
       --Hilfe
              shows a short help

       -V
       --version
       --Version
              shows the version

       -u     the input should be interpreted as UTF-8, if no meta tag or  XML
              signature says otherwise

       -c charset
       --charset charset
       --Zeichesatz charset
              if  the  charset  is  set  to UTF-8 or UTF8, the input should be
              interpreted as UTF-8, if no  meta  tag  or  XML  signature  says
              otherwise.  (This is a longer variant of -u for compatibility)

       -l
       --Links
       --links
              add external links as refereces

       -L number
              like -l, but ignores number links at the beginning

       -n     no automatic line breaks (long lines)

       -e
       --extended
       --erweitert
              output with terminal control codes (SGR codes)

       -o "file"
       --output="file"
       --Ausgabe="file"
       --Datei="file"
              writes output to file instead of the standard output

       -f
       --force
       --forciere
              overwrite existing files

EXAMPLES
       akfscraper -l -o article.text page1.html page2.html page3.html

       akfscraper -e -l article.html | less -r

       curl -sL "https://gnu.org" | akfscraper -e -l | less -r

       Mailcap:
       text/html; akfscraper -l -c %{charset}; copiousoutput

AUTHORS
       Copyright © 2025 Andreas K. Förster

       This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at  your
       option) any later version.

       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER‐
       CHANTABILITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
       Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

SEE ALSO
       more(1) less(1) akfweb-dl(1) curl(1)

       https://akfoerster.de/p/akfnetz/

akfnetz                           2025-01-06                     akfscraper(1)
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