html_table_to_db - convert HTML tables into fsdb

NOTE: this page was directly converted from the perl FSDB manual pages from FSDB version 3.1

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

SEE ALSO

Fsdb. db_to_html_table.