How to convert a text file to a HTML file

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Re: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by choroba (Cardinal) on Jan 25, 2013 at 12:03 UTC
Just add the header and footer: `#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; open my $HTML, '>', 'output.html' or die $!; print $HTML <<'_END_HEADER_'; <html> <head><title></title></head> <body> _END_HEADER_ open my $IN, '<', 'input.txt' or die $!; while (my $line = <$IN>) { # You probably want to do more work here. print $HTML $line; } print $HTML '</body></html>'; close $HTML or die $!;` [download] لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by Utilitarian (Vicar) on Jan 25, 2013 at 12:20 UTC
Meh, why do any work ;) `#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; open my $HTML, '>', 'output.html' or die $!; print $HTML <<'_END_HEADER_'; <html> <head><title></title></head> <body> <pre> _END_HEADER_ open my $IN, '<', 'input.txt' or die $!; print $HTML while <$IN>; print $HTML '</pre></body></html>'; close $HTML or die $!;` [download] `print "Good ",qw(night morning afternoon evening)[(localtime)[2]/6]," fellow monks."`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by ghosh123 (Monk) on Jan 25, 2013 at 12:43 UTC
Hi Thanks for your input. Now let me re-iterate my problem this way. Suppose I have simple a.txt(pasted below) file in my desktop. When I open that file on the browser by giving the unix path/windows path ...it comes in proper order and indentation. But when I am reading this file in a string and inserting the string in a database column and later on using cgi perl printing it on the webpage , it gets messed up. What magic is happening when I do print $htmldata in my cgi perl code so that it destroys the order and indentation of the text ? name phone xyz 123 abc 890 But it is coming as : name phone xyz 123 abc 890 Thanks	[reply]
Re^4: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by RichardK (Parson) on Jan 25, 2013 at 13:14 UTC
Re^4: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 25, 2013 at 12:51 UTC
Re^4: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by ghosh123 (Monk) on Jan 25, 2013 at 13:04 UTC
Re^5: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 25, 2013 at 13:18 UTC
Re: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 25, 2013 at 12:04 UTC
Maybe one of the Formatter modules can help, or maybe your input text looks good when rendered through Markdown.	[reply]
Re: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by põhjapõder (Novice) on Jan 25, 2013 at 12:02 UTC
Parse the input file and generate HTML based on the resulting parse tree.	[reply]
Re: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by flexvault (Monsignor) on Jan 25, 2013 at 14:14 UTC
ghosh123, Did you try Utilitarian 's code? "Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin	[reply]
Re: How to convert a text file to a HTML file by Anonymous Monk on Jan 26, 2013 at 02:01 UTC
tabs to html list	[reply]


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