HXUNPIPE

Section: HTML-XML-utils (1)
Updated: 10 Jul 2011
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NAME

hxunpipe - convert output of hxpipe back to XML format

SYNOPSIS

hxunpipe [ file-or-URL ]

DESCRIPTION

hxunpipe takes the output of hxpipe(1) (or of onsgmls(1)) and turns it back into XML/SGML mark-up.

OPERANDS

The following operand is supported:

file-or-URL: The name or URL of an HTML file. If absent, standard input is read instead.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0: Successful completion.
> 0: An error occurred in the input.

ENVIRONMENT

To use a proxy to retrieve remote files, set the environment variables http_proxy and ftp_proxy. E.g., http_proxy=http://localhost:8080/

BUGS

Not all syntax errors in the input are recognized.

hxunpipe can currently only retrieve remote files over HTTP. It doesn't handle password-protected files, nor files whose content depends on HTTP "cookies."