How to convert html links?

Question

suppose that I download many html pages to the directory

/path/to/my/dir

the .html pages contain links like :

"<a href="http://www.example.com/lessons/firstlesson.htm">first lesson</a>"

"<a href="http://www.example.com/lessons/secondlesson.htm">second lesson</a>"

Thanks to TobSpr , the answer convert them as follow :

"<a href="/path/to/my/dir/firstlesson.htm">first lesson</a>"

"<a href="/path/to/my/dir/secondlesson.htm">second lesson</a>"

UPDATE

but how to deal with this format of links : "first lesson"

"<a href="../index.htm">index</a>"

Using the usual string functions is very difficult , dirty and buggy , So I hope to get another beter way .

Can't you just use find/replace in Notepad++ or similar? Scripting this seems unnecessary. — Ant P
– Ant P, Commented Jul 21, 2013 at 9:24
doing this for many many links in each page is impossible ... — tabebqena
– tabebqena, Commented Jul 21, 2013 at 9:39
Why? Most editors have the ability to replace all instances of a string across multiple files. In fact, Notepad++ can probably do this in a more robust manner than you will with Python. — Ant P
– Ant P, Commented Jul 21, 2013 at 9:49
why does content.replace("http://www.example.com/", "file///path/to/dir/") not work for you? It would also replace image and include paths — tobspr
– tobspr, Commented Jul 21, 2013 at 10:42
@TobSpr add your comment as answer so tabebqena can mark it as accepted. — furas
– furas, Commented Jul 21, 2013 at 11:53

tobspr · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-21 11:56:08Z

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content.replace("http://www.example.com/", "file///path/to/dir/")

It replaces also the path of includes.

answered Jul 21, 2013 at 11:56

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