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Old 09-07-2009
Bug Perl script to copy contents of a web page
Hi All,

Sorry to ask this question and i am not sure whether it is possible. please reply to my question. Thanks in advance.

I need a perl script ( or any linux compatible scripts ) to copy the graphical contents of the webpage to a word pad.

Say for example, i have a documentation site with 20 pages, i need to copy the contents of these 20 webpage document to single word file.

My requirement can be done manually by ctrl+A, ctrl+C ( on webpage P ) and ctrl+V ( on word document ). For 20 pages manual process can be done, think for 50+ pages or more.


Thanks in advance.....SmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilie
# 2  
Old 09-07-2009
Did you check for lynx, curl ?
# 3  
Old 09-07-2009
You may take a look at the curl command.
Simple usage :
Code:
curl http://www.somesite.com/

# 4  
Old 09-07-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by thanhdat
You may take a look at the curl command.
Simple usage :
Code:
curl http://www.somesite.com/

Hi thanhdat,

I am not looking for the source code of the web page. i need the graphical contents of the site. Sorry if i am wrong.
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Old 09-07-2009
Question: why do you need the visual content of a page (with 50+ printed pages) in a word processor document? If it's for offline reading, why not convert it to PDF? If it's for archiving, why not save the HTML source?
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Old 09-08-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
Question: why do you need the visual content of a page (with 50+ printed pages) in a word processor document? If it's for offline reading, why not convert it to PDF? If it's for archiving, why not save the HTML source?
Answer: You are right Pludi. Redhat.com has some (70+) webpages which is purely documentation. These webpages are needed to me.

So, wats my question is, i need these webpages as a word document ( or pdf id fine) for printing. Instead of printing it by page by page, i need a script to copy these ( 70+ ) pages locally to my machine and print it.

This is the URL which i am try do so.

"http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Logical_Volume_Manager_Administration/index.html"

Thanks in advance.
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Old 09-08-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by anand.linux1984
[...]Instead of printing it by page by page, i need a script to copy these ( 70+ ) pages locally to my machine and print it.[...]
Erm, why? Open the page in any web browser, select File->Print, and off you go.
Or if you cannot print from the machine accessing the Internet but have CUPS available, there's CUPS-PDF
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