Print HTML file via shell command

[Berna Massingill]

On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:02:04AM -0800, Leon Pu wrote:

>>  > On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 05:49:41AM -0800, Leon Pu wrote:
>>  > > Hi all,
>>  > > 
>>  > > is it possbile to print out a HTML file via shell command?
>>  > 
>>  > Yes.  But, it's not clear what you're trying to accomplish...  Your
>>  > question is a little vague.  Where do you want the file to print?  Do
>>  > you want the contents of the file printed, or do you want the
>>  > formatted web page printed?
>>  
>>  I want to print out the HTML file in its web page format, not the HTML
>>  source.
>>  
>>  It's better to print out the HTML file in web format via one shell
>>  command likes [htmllpr foo.html].
>>  
>>  If there is no possibility to print out HTML via shell command
>>  directly, is it possbile to convert the HTML file to PDF or PostScript
>>  by shell then I can print out?
>>  
>>  Thanks for your reply.

There's a program "html2ps" that I think will do what you want.  It's a
Perl script, and a Google search for "html2ps" should find it.

-- blm