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+make_html2text.sh converts all HTML (.html and .htm) files in the
+current directory into text files (.txt). For each HTML file, it
+verifies that the text file does not exists, or is older than the
+corresponding HTML file; if the text file is more recent, nothing is
+done.
+
+To use this script, you will have to install the program html2text.
+The option -nobs is used to avoid output of formatting sequences (bold,
+italic, etc.).
diff --git a/make_html2text/make_html2text.sh b/make_html2text/make_html2text.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# make_html2text.sh, Copyright © 2010 Matteo Cypriani
+#
+# This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
+# the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
+# and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
+# To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
+# http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+#
+# This script converts all HTML (.html and .htm) files in the current
+# directory into text files (.txt). For each HTML file, it verifies
+# that the text file, if it exists, is older; if the text file is more
+# recent, nothing is done.
+
+# Look for html2text
+if ! which html2text >/dev/null ; then
+ echo "Error! html2text not found within the PATH." >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+for HTML in *.html *.htm ; do
+ # Avoid to create "*.html.txt" and "*.html.txt" if there is no
+ # .html or no .htm files
+ if [ ! -f "$HTML" ] ; then
+ continue
+ fi
+
+ TXT=$(basename "$HTML" .html).txt
+
+ # Is the .html file more recent than the .txt ?
+ if [ -f "$TXT" -a "$HTML" -ot "$TXT" ] ; then
+ continue
+ fi
+
+ # Convert the file
+ echo "$HTML --> $TXT"
+ html2text -nobs -o "$TXT" "$HTML"
+done