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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Retrieve information Text/Word from HTML code using awk/sed Post 302897213 by sk2code on Friday 11th of April 2014 05:12:03 PM
Old 04-11-2014
Retrieve information Text/Word from HTML code using awk/sed
awk/sed newbie here. I have a HTML file and from that file and I would like to retrieve a text word.

HTML Code:
<font face=arial size=-1><li><a href=/value_for_clients/Tokyo/abc_process.txt>abc</a> NDK Version:  4.0 </li>
<font face=arial size=-1><li><a href=/value_for_clients/Tokyo/abc01_process.txt>abc01</a> NDK Version:  4.0 </li>
<font face=arial size=-1><li><a href=/value_for_clients/Tokyo/abc045_process.txt>abc045</a> NDK Version:  4.0 </li>
<font face=arial size=-1><li><a href=/value_for_clients/Tokyo/cdf_process.txt>cdf</a> NDK Version:  4.0 </li>
<font face=arial size=-1><li><a href=/value_for_clients/Tokyo/Manhattan_process.txt>Manhattan</a> NDK Version:  4.0 </li>
For eg. From the 1st line I would like to retrieve abc placed between: txt>abc</a>

I have used the following command but as you can see that number of letters in the word keeps changing abc, abc01, abc045, cdf, Manhattan.
awk -F\/ '{print substr($4,0,3)}' list.html

So this command is getting the output for only the 3 letter word. However I want to extract the same information (abc01, abc045, cdf, Manhattan) from all the lines in the HTML code. Please help.
 

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FS_WHEREIS(1)						       AFS Command Reference						     FS_WHEREIS(1)

NAME
       fs_whereis - Reports each file server housing a file or directory

SYNOPSIS
       fs whereis [-path <dir/file path>+] [-help]

       fs whe [-p <dir/file path>+] [-h]

DESCRIPTION
       The fs whereis command returns the name of each file server machine that houses the volume containing each directory or file named by the
       -path argument.

OPTIONS
       -path <dir/file path>+
	   Names each AFS file or directory for which to return the host file server machine. Partial pathnames are interpreted relative to the
	   current working directory, which is also the default value if this argument is omitted.

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT
       The output includes a line for each specified directory or file. It names the file server machine on which the volume that houses the
       specified directory or file resides. A list of multiple machines indicates that the directory or file is in a replicated volume.

       Machine names usually have a suffix indicating their cell membership. If the cell is not clear, use the fs whichcell command to display the
       cell in which the directory or file resides. To display the cell membership of the local machine, use the fs wscell command.

EXAMPLES
       The following example indicates that volume housing the directory /afs/abc.com resides is replicated on both "fs1.abc.com" and
       "fs3.abc.com":

	  % fs whereis -path /afs/abc.com
	  File /afs/abc.com is on hosts fs1.abc.com fs3.abc.com

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SEE ALSO
       fs_whichcell(1), fs_wscell(1)

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