Readme for HTML2TXT

This program - availble for DOS (h2t70309.zip) and OS/2 (h2t27030.zip) - converts HTML-Files into properly formated and readable ASCII (CP850) textfiles. It removes all tags, converts &; special character and use h?, hr, ul, li, ol, td etc. tags for formatting.

usage:

 

      HTML2TXT.EXE [ infileHTML [outfileTXT] ]

Just try e.g.


      HTML2TXT html2txt.htm html2txt.txt

If infileHTML or outfileTXT are omitted, standardinput / standardoutput will be used, e.g.


      HTML2TXT faq.txt

or use it with piping


      dir | HTML2TXT >dir.txt

Commandlineparameter:


      -?   help

There are many programs named html2txt, but none of them

removes all tag
replace the special characters
makes basic formatting

so I have to write my own...

This Software is freeware

Newer versions can be downloaded at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/software.htm

Written by W.Koch (walterk@ddorf.rhein-ruhr.de).
HAM: DG9EP @ DB0IZ.DEU.EU

Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/WalterKoch