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fris · 05-20-2011, 06:30 AM

im trying to grab all the links out of a chrome bookmark export file.

i want in the format of <a href="link">name</a>

Code:

 cat bookmarks_5_20_11.html | sed 's/^.*HREF="//' | sed 's/".*$//'

works just for the links, anyone have an idea how i can get the full link with title?

Juicy D. Links · 05-20-2011, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fris

im trying to grab all the links out of a chrome bookmark export file.

i want in the format of <a href="link">name</a>

Code:

 cat bookmarks_5_20_11.html | sed 's/^.*HREF="//' | sed 's/".*$//'

works just for the links, anyone have an idea how i can get the full link with title?

I have no clue

Klen · 05-20-2011, 07:11 AM

find /location/ -name "*.html" | xargs grep '<a href="link">name</a>'

fris · 05-20-2011, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

find /location/ -name "*.html" | xargs grep '<a href="link">name</a>'

im looking to grab all the links from the export .html

Klen · 05-20-2011, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fris

im looking to grab all the links from the export .html

Replace * with export

fris · 05-20-2011, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

Replace * with export

that will only grep for the 1 link though.

Klen · 05-20-2011, 11:54 AM

Google for command xargs and you should find proper example,saw tons of examples regarding what you looking for.

V_RocKs · 05-20-2011, 02:35 PM

Your problem is one of regex... coming up with a solution now...

marlboroack · 05-20-2011, 02:36 PM

Fuck if i know, help me help you.

GrouchyAdmin · 05-20-2011, 02:37 PM

you could probably get exactly what you want in one line by using 'cut'

cut -f(whereverhereitis) -d\" (or whatever the encapsulating format is) file

96ukssob · 05-20-2011, 02:39 PM

V_RocKs · 05-20-2011, 03:08 PM

Code:

cat bookmarks_5_20_11.html |grep 'DT><A' | sed 's/\s*//'|sed 's/<DT>//' | sed 's/\s*ADD_DATE="[^"]*"//'| sed 's/\s*ICON="[^"]*"//'

fris · 05-24-2011, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V_RocKs

Code:

cat bookmarks_5_20_11.html |grep 'DT><A' | sed 's/\s*//'|sed 's/<DT>//' | sed 's/\s*ADD_DATE="[^"]*"//'| sed 's/\s*ICON="[^"]*"//'

thanks, nice one liner ;)

anyway to trim the space at the end of the " >

so its just <a href="link">test</a> instead of <a href="link" >test</a>

Socks · 05-24-2011, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fris

thanks, nice one liner ;)

anyway to trim the space at the end of the " >

so its just <a href="link">test</a> instead of <a href="link" >test</a>

If your cursor is to the right of the space, you use backspace. If it's to the left, you have to use the delete key.

fris · 05-25-2011, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Socks

If your cursor is to the right of the space, you use backspace. If it's to the left, you have to use the delete key.

thanks fatfoo ;)

ps got it working

Code:

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

# chrome bookmark cleanup
# converts bookmark export to just links with titles

# our chrome bookmark export file

cat bookmarks.html | \

# grep the links

grep 'DT><A' | \

# remove the <DT> html tag

sed 's/<DT>//' | \

# remove the DATE variable from the link

sed 's/ ADD_DATE=\".*\"//g' | \

# remove the ICON variable from the link

sed 's/ ICON=\".*\"//g' | \

# remove leading whitespace

sed 's/^[ \t]*//' | \

# convert the html link tags to lowercase

tr '<A HREF' '<a href'

fris · 06-07-2011, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V_RocKs

Code:

cat bookmarks_5_20_11.html |grep 'DT><A' | sed 's/\s*//'|sed 's/<DT>//' | sed 's/\s*ADD_DATE="[^"]*"//'| sed 's/\s*ICON="[^"]*"//'

found a shorter way.

Code:

cat bookmarks.html | sed '/<DT><A\|<DT><H3/!d;s/<DT>//;/Bookmarks bar/d;s/ ADD_DATE=\".*\"//g;s/^[ \t]*//;s/<A HREF/<a href/'

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V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,428	Code: cat bookmarks_5_20_11.html \|grep 'DT><A' \| sed 's/\s//'\|sed 's/<DT>//' \| sed 's/\sADD_DATE="[^"]"//'\| sed 's/\sICON="[^"]*"//'

05-20-2011, 07:11 AM	#3
Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	find /location/ -name "*.html" \| xargs grep '<a href="link">name</a>'

05-20-2011, 11:54 AM	#7
Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	Google for command xargs and you should find proper example,saw tons of examples regarding what you looking for.

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V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,428	Your problem is one of regex... coming up with a solution now...

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