---
name: "hxextract"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "html-xml-utils"
version: "8.8-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hxextract"
---

# hxextract(1)

extract selected elements from a HTML or XML file

## NAME

hxextract - extract selected elements from a HTML or XML file

## SYNOPSIS

**hxextract** \[ **-h** \| **-?** \] \[ **-x** \] \[ **-s** *text* \] \[ **-e** *text* \] \[ **-b** *base* \] *element-or-class* \[ **-c** *configfile* \|  *file-or-URL* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**hxextract** outputs all elements with a certain name and/or class.

Input must be well-formed, since no HTML heuristics are applied.

## OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

- **-x**

  Use XML format conventions.

- **-s** *text*

  Insert *text* at the start of the output.

- **-e** *text*

  Insert *text* at the end of the output.

- **-b** *base*

  URL base

- **-c** *configfile*

  Read @chapter lines from *configfile* (lines must be of the form "@chapter filename") and extract elements from each of those files.

- **-h**, **-?**

  Print command usage.

## OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

- *element-or-class*

  The name of an element to extract (e.g., "H2"), or the name of a class preceded by "." (e.g., ".example") or a combination of both (e.g., "H2.example").

- *file-or-URL*

  A file name or a URL. To read from standard input, use "-".

## ENVIRONMENT

To use a proxy to retrieve remote files, set the environment variables **http\_proxy** and **ftp\_proxy**. E.g., **http\_proxy="http://localhost:8080/"**

## BUGS

Remote files (specified with a URL) are currently only supported for HTTP. Password-protected files or files that depend on HTTP "cookies" are not handled. (You can use tools such as [**curl**(1)](/curl/1.md) or [**wget**(1)](/wget/1.md) to retrieve such files.)

## SEE ALSO

[**hxselect**(1)](/hxselect/1.md)