editing a HTML file

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

----- Original Message -----
> Hi all,
> 
> I'would like to make a script that automatically change some text in
> a
> html file.
> 
> I need to make some changes in the text of <p> tags
> 
> My question is: there is a way to just "update/substitute" the text
> in
> the html <p> tags or do i have to make a new modified copy of the
> html file?
> 
> To be clear, i'ld like to make something like this:
> 
> open html file
> for every <p> tags:
>    if "foo" in text:
>      change "foo" in "bar"
> close html file
> 
> any sample would be really appreciated
> I'm really a beginner as you can see
> 
> Thanks
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Hi,

You can use
http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/#modifying-the-tree

Almost all functions have an example.


Cheers,

JM


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