RTFM.
perldoc -q 'remove html'
How do I remove HTML from a string?
The most correct way (albeit not the fastest) is to use
HTML::Parser from CPAN. Another mostly correct way is to use
HTML::FormatText which not only removes HTML but also attempts
to do a little simple formatting of the resulting plain text.
Many folks attempt a simple-minded regular expression approach,
like s/<.*?>//g, but that fails in many cases because the
tags may continue over line breaks, they may contain quoted
angle-brackets, or HTML comment may be present. Plus, folks
forget to convert entities--like < for example.
Here's one "simple-minded" approach, that works for most files:
#!/usr/bin/perl -p0777
s/<(?:[^>'"]*|(['"]).*?\1)*>//gs
If you want a more complete solution, see the 3-stage striphtml
program in http://www.cpan.org/authors/Tom_Christiansen/scripts/striphtml.gz.
Also, with Super Search or Google, you can find hundreds of answers.
See also How (Not) To Ask A Question.
Juerd
# { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }