#!/bin/sh

# Remove_HTML_Tags.sh
# Sat Oct 10 00:22:26 PDT 2009
# Chieh Cheng
# http://www.CynosureX.com/

# GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2, June 1991

  scriptName=`basename "$0"`

removeTags ()
{
  string="$1"
  echo "${string}" | sed 's/<[^>]*>//g'
}

usage ()
{
  echo "  Usage:   ${scriptName} \"string\""
  echo
  echo "             Use a '-' in place of the string to read"
  echo "             from standard input (pipe)."
}

  if [ $# -eq 1 ]
  then
    string="$1"

    if [ "${string}" = "-" ]
    then
      while read string
      do
        removeTags "${string}"
      done
    else
      removeTags "${string}"
    fi
  else
    usage
  fi