How to batch remove entire ^{text here} from an html document

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How to batch remove entire string of superscript <sup>text here</sup> from an html document. The <sup> tags are being used for foot notes and there are over 900, but I want to delete them altogether from the document.

I use Linux and Windows so which ever works for getting this done.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15402770/how-to-grep-and-replace — Phix, Jun 29 '20 at 23:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '20 at 23:41

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On linux, you can use the sed command with the -i flag (in-place edit)

sed -i 's/<sup>\w+<\/sup>//' /path/to/filename.html

answered Jun 29 '20 at 23:41

F.Igor

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I just tried it no errors but it did not remove them. here is a sample of what I want to remove: ¹ – Joao Jun 29 '20 at 23:57
I looked up the man pages for sed, and I tried this:(( sed -i 's/^.*//' index.html )) but I get this error: sed: -e expression #1, char 17: unknown option to `s' – Joao Jun 30 '20 at 00:39

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '20 at 14:13

So I could not get sed to edit the html file, but here is how I did it.

I used xed text editor and used the "Find and Replace" tool with this code: <sup.*</sup> just be sure that the .* button is on on the left side. It found all instances of the superscript tags and just replaced with empty space.

How to batch remove entire text here from an html document

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How to batch remove entire ^{text here} from an html document