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NAME

6       name2id - move some NAME and ID attributes from an A to its parent
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SYNOPSIS

9       name2id [ -x ] [ file ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The name2id command reads an HTML file and looks for elements with an A
13       element has first child, with no intervening  text  other  than  white‐
14       space.  If  that  A element has an ID or NAME attribute, it is moved to
15       the parent element and removed from the A.
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17       Because Netscape 4 doesn't understand  ID  attributes,  it  was  common
18       practice  to  write  <H2><A  NAME="sect7">...</A></H2>  instead  of <H2
19       ID="sect7">. This program can be used to convert such old HTML files to
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22       Other programs in this suite, such as multitoc, require IDs on headings
23       instead of A elements with NAME attributes. So  it  is  useful  to  run
24       name2id  prior to running multitoc and similar program.  name2id can be
25       used in a pipe.
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OPTIONS

28       The following options are supported:
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30       -x        Use XML conventions: empty elements are written with a  slash
31                 at the end: <IMG />
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OPERANDS

34       The following operand is supported:
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36       file      The  name  of an HTML file. If absent, standard input is read
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EXIT STATUS

40       The following exit values are returned:
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42       0         Successful completion.
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44       >0        An error occurred in the parsing of the HTML  file.   name2id
45                 will try to correct the error and produce output anyway.
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SEE ALSO

48       num(1), normalize(1), xml2asc(1) asc2xml(1) multitoc(1) toc(1)
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BUGS

51       The error recovery for incorrect HTML is primitive.
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