Escape HTML: eschtml

Encode or decodes text for HTML

Description

eschtml takes input from either stdin or the parameters and returns the same data, HTML escaped.

!eschtml does the same process in reverse, where it takes HTML escaped data and returns its unescaped counterpart.

Usage

Escape

<stdin> -> eschtml -> <stdout>

eschtml string to escape -> <stdout>

Unescape

<stdin> -> !eschtml -> <stdout>

!eschtml string to unescape -> <stdout>

Examples

Escape

» out "<h1>foo & bar</h1>" -> eschtml
&lt;h1&gt;foo &amp; bar&lt;/h1&gt;

Unescape

» out '&lt;h1&gt;foo &amp; bar&lt;/h1&gt;' -> !eschtml
<h1>foo & bar</h1>

Synonyms

See Also


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