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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T23:09:45+00:00 2026-05-14T23:09:45+00:00

I have an HTML file and I am interested in the data enclosed by

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I have an HTML file and I am interested in the data enclosed by <pre> </pre> tags. Is there a one-liner that can do achieve this?

Sample file :

<html>
<title>
Hello There!
</title>
<body>
<pre>
John   Working
Kathy  Working
Mary   Working
Kim    N/A
</pre>
</body>
</html>

Output should be :

John 
Kathy 
Mary 
Kim 

Much appreciated guys, thank you!

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    2026-05-14T23:09:46+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2026 at 11:09 pm

    My Perl-fu is weak, but this works for your example:

    $ cat file.html | perl -e'while(<>){if(/<\/pre>/){$a=0;}if($a){print}if(/<pre>/){$a=1;}}' | cut -f1 -d' '
    John
    Kathy
    Mary
    Kim
    
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