html_table_to_db (1) - Linux Manuals

html_table_to_db: convert HTML tables into fsdb

NAME

html_table_to_db - convert HTML tables into fsdb

SYNOPSIS

    html_table_to_db <source.html >dest.fsdb

DESCRIPTION

Converts a HTML table to Fsdb format.

The input is an HTML table (not fsdb). Column names are taken from "TH" elements, or defined as "column0" through "columnN" if no such elements appear.

The output is two-space-separated fsdb. (Someday more general field separators should be supported.) Fsdb fields are normalized version of the html file: multiple spaces are compressed to one.

This module also supports the standard fsdb options:

-d

Enable debugging output.

-i or --input InputSource

Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or "-" for standard input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

-o or --output OutputDestination

Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or "-" for standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

--autorun or --noautorun

By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method. The "--(no)autorun" option controls that behavior within Perl.

--help

Show help.

--man

Show full manual.

SAMPLE USAGE

Input:

        <table>
        <tr><th>account</th> <th>passwd</th> <th>uid</th> <th>gid</th> <th>fullname</th> <th>homedir</th> <th>shell</th> </tr>
        <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td>johnh</td> <td>*</td> <td>2274</td> <td>134</td> <td>John &amp; Ampersand</td> <td>/home/johnh</td> <td>/bin/bash</td> </tr>
        <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td>greg</td> <td>*</td> <td>2275</td> <td>134</td> <td>Greg &lt; Lessthan</td> <td>/home/greg</td> <td>/bin/bash</td> </tr>
        <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td>root</td> <td>*</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>Root ; Semi</td> <td>/root</td> <td>/bin/bash</td> </tr>
        <tr bgcolor="#d0d0d0"><td>four</td> <td>*</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>Fourth Row</td> <td>/home/four</td> <td>/bin/bash</td> </tr>
        </table>

Command:

    html_table_to_db

Output:

        #fsdb -F S account passwd uid gid fullname homedir shell
        johnh  *  2274  134  John & Ampersand  /home/johnh  /bin/bash
        greg  *  2275  134  Greg < Lessthan  /home/greg  /bin/bash
        root  *  0  0  Root ; Semi  /root  /bin/bash
        four  *  1  1  Fourth Row  /home/four  /bin/bash

AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1991-2015 by John Heidemann <johnh [at] isi.edu>

This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general public license, version 2. See the file COPYING with the distribution for details.