htmlq

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# htmlq\nLike [`jq`](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/), but for HTML. Uses [CSS selectors](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Introduction_to_CSS/Selectors) to extract bits of content from HTML files.\n\n## Installation\n\n### [Cargo](https://crates.io/crates/htmlq)\n\n```sh\ncargo install htmlq\n```\n\n### [FreeBSD pkg](https://www.freshports.org/textproc/htmlq)\n\n```sh\npkg install htmlq\n```\n\n### [Homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/htmlq)\n\n```sh\nbrew install htmlq\n```\n\n### [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/)\n\n```sh\nscoop install htmlq\n```\n\n## Usage\n\n```console\n$ htmlq -h\nhtmlq 0.4.0\nMichael Maclean \u003cmichael@mgdm.net\u003e\nRuns CSS selectors on HTML\n\nUSAGE:\n    htmlq [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [--] [selector]...\n\nFLAGS:\n    -B, --detect-base          Try to detect the base URL from the \u003cbase\u003e tag in the document. If not found, default to\n                               the value of --base, if supplied\n    -h, --help                 Prints help information\n    -w, --ignore-whitespace    When printing text nodes, ignore those that consist entirely of whitespace\n    -p, --pretty               Pretty-print the serialised output\n    -t, --text                 Output only the contents of text nodes inside selected elements\n    -V, --version              Prints version information\n\nOPTIONS:\n    -a, --attribute \u003cattribute\u003e         Only return this attribute (if present) from selected elements\n    -b, --base \u003cbase\u003e                   Use this URL as the base for links\n    -f, --filename \u003cFILE\u003e               The input file. Defaults to stdin\n    -o, --output \u003cFILE\u003e                 The output file. Defaults to stdout\n    -r, --remove-nodes \u003cSELECTOR\u003e...    Remove nodes matching this expression before output. May be specified multiple\n                                        times\n\nARGS:\n    \u003cselector\u003e...    The CSS expression to select [default: html]\n$\n```\n\n## Examples\n\n### Using with cURL to find part of a page by ID\n\n```console\n$ curl --silent https://www.rust-lang.org/ | htmlq \u0027#get-help\u0027",
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