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.IX Title "HTML_TABLE_TO_DB 1"
.TH HTML_TABLE_TO_DB 1 2023-01-20 "perl v5.36.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
html_table_to_db \- convert HTML tables into fsdb
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&    html_table_to_db <source.html >dest.fsdb
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Converts a HTML table to Fsdb format.
.PP
The input is an HTML table (\fInot\fR fsdb).
Column names are taken from \f(CW\*(C`TH\*(C'\fR elements,
or defined as \f(CW\*(C`column0\*(C'\fR through \f(CW\*(C`columnN\*(C'\fR if 
no such elements appear.
.PP
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.
.PP
This module also supports the standard fsdb options:
.IP \fB\-d\fR 4
.IX Item "-d"
Enable debugging output.
.IP "\fB\-i\fR or \fB\-\-input\fR InputSource" 4
.IX Item "-i or --input InputSource"
Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR for standard input,
or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.
.IP "\fB\-o\fR or \fB\-\-output\fR OutputDestination" 4
.IX Item "-o or --output OutputDestination"
Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR for standard output,
or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.
.IP "\fB\-\-autorun\fR or \fB\-\-noautorun\fR" 4
.IX Item "--autorun or --noautorun"
By default, programs process automatically,
but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke
the \fBrun()\fR method.
The \f(CW\*(C`\-\-(no)autorun\*(C'\fR option controls that behavior within Perl.
.IP \fB\-\-help\fR 4
.IX Item "--help"
Show help.
.IP \fB\-\-man\fR 4
.IX Item "--man"
Show full manual.
.SH "SAMPLE USAGE"
.IX Header "SAMPLE USAGE"
.SS Input:
.IX Subsection "Input:"
.Vb 7
\&        <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>
.Ve
.SS Command:
.IX Subsection "Command:"
.Vb 1
\&    html_table_to_db
.Ve
.SS Output:
.IX Subsection "Output:"
.Vb 5
\&        #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
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Fsdb.
db_to_html_table.
.SH "AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (C) 1991\-2015 by John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>
.PP
This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general
public license, version 2.  See the file COPYING
with the distribution for details.