HTML2MARKDOWN(1) User Commands HTML2MARKDOWN(1)NAME
html2markdown - converts a page of HTML into markdown.
SYNOPSIS
html2markdown [options...] [(filename|url) [encoding]]
DESCRIPTION
html2markdown downloads the specified HTML page, and converts it to
text marked up with markdown. The source HTML page may be a local file
or remote URL. If not specified, it will be read from standard input.
The output is printed to standard output.
If an encoding is specified, it will override any encoding information
provided by the HTTP Server. When not specified, python-feedparser (if
available) will be used to determine the source encoding. If not
available, or when reading local files, the encoding is assumed to be
UTF-8.
OPTIONS--no-wrap-links
Don't wrap long links.
--ignore-emphasis
Don't include any formatting for emphasis.
--reference-links
Use reference style links instead of in-line links.
--ignore-links
Don't include any formatting for links.
--protect-links
Protect links from line breaks surrounding them with angle
brackets.
--ignore-images
Don't include any formatting for images.
--images-to-alt
Discard image data, only keep alt text.
--images-with-size
Write image tags with height and width attrs as raw html to
retain dimensions.
-g, --google-doc
Convert an html-exported Google Document.
-d, --dash-unordered-list
Use a dash rather than a star for unordered list items.
-e, --asterisk-emphasis
Use an asterisk rather than an underscore for emphasized text.
-b BODY_WIDTH, --body-width=BODY_WIDTH
Number of characters per output line, 0 for no wrap.
-i LIST_INDENT, --google-list-indent=LIST_INDENT
Number of pixels Google indents nested lists.
-s, --hide-strikethrough
Hide strike-through text. Only relevant when -g is specified as
well.
--escape-all
Escape all special characters. Output is less readable, but
avoids corner case formatting issues.
--bypass-tables
Format tables in HTML rather than Markdown syntax.
--ignore-tables
Ignore table-related tags (table, th, td, tr) while keeping
rows.
--single-line-break
Use a single line break after a block element rather than two
line breaks. NOTE: Requires --body-width=0.
--unicode-snob
Use unicode throughout document.
--no-automatic-links
Do not use automatic links wherever applicable.
--no-skip-internal-links
Do not skip internal links.
--links-after-para
Put links after each paragraph instead of document.
--mark-code
Mark program code blocks with [code]...[/code].
--default-image-alt=TEXT
The default alt string for images with missing ones.
--pad-tables
Pad the cells to equal column width in tables.
--decode-errors=DECODE_ERRORS
What to do in case of decode errors. ignore, strict, and replace
are acceptable values.
--version
Show program's version number and exit.
-h, --help
Show a help message and exit.
AUTHOR
This manpage was written for Debian, by Stefano Rivera <ste‐
fanor@debian.org>.
html2markdown 2015.6.21 July 2015 HTML2MARKDOWN(1)