How can I decode HTML entities?

Question

Here\'s a quick Perl question:

How can I convert HTML special characters like ü or ' to normal ASCII text?

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Answer 1

I use this script. Save it as html2utf.py, and use it ala echo $some_html | html2utf.py.

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
An alternative for `perl -Mopen=locale -MHTML::Entities -pe '$_ = decode_entities($_)'` (which you can use by `cpanm HTML::Entities`) and `recode html..`.
"""

import fileinput
import html

for line in fileinput.input():
    print(html.unescape(line.rstrip('\n')))