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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 1, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-display-file-contents-from-html-file/179643 "2009-12-01T05:03:21Z")\
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**Author:**  [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-display-file-contents-from-html-file/179643/1 "2009-12-01T05:03:21Z")
I want to get file contents from html file
after getting i want to display it in the view page.any sample
any helps
Thanks
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**Author:**  [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-display-file-contents-from-html-file/179643/2 "2009-12-01T05:13:42Z")
Newb N. wrote:
> I want to get file contents from html file
> after getting i want to display it in the view page.any sample
>
> any helps
> Thanks
Hi,
As you want html parsing in rails. there are several gems available
for it. one of them is “hpricot”.
for more information refer this
[Fast HTML parsing in Ruby with Hpricot](http://www.rubyinside.com/fast-html-parsing-in-ruby-with-hpricot-125.html).
Hope, this will help you.
Thanks,
Priyanka P.
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**Author:**  [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-display-file-contents-from-html-file/179643/3 "2009-12-01T06:13:06Z")
Priyanka P. wrote:
> Newb N. wrote:
>
> > I want to get file contents from html file
> > after getting i want to display it in the view page.any sample
> >
> > any helps
> > Thanks
>
> Hi,
> As you want html parsing in rails. there are several gems available
> for it. one of them is “hpricot”.
> for more information refer this
> [Fast HTML parsing in Ruby with Hpricot](http://www.rubyinside.com/fast-html-parsing-in-ruby-with-hpricot-125.html).
> Hope, this will help you.
>
> Thanks,
> Priyanka P.
hi…
@doc = Hpricot.parse(“#{@file\_path}”)
i tried like above…can i get all the contents of the file in this @doc
instance variable
can u pls provide me an example
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**Author:**  [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-display-file-contents-from-html-file/179643/4 "2009-12-01T06:16:02Z")
> hi…
> @doc = Hpricot.parse("#{@file\_path}")
> i tried like above…can i get all the contents of the file in this @doc
> instance variable
> can u pls provide me an example
@file\_path = d:/temp/History/regst.html
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**Author:**  [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-display-file-contents-from-html-file/179643/5 "2009-12-01T06:46:16Z")
Priyanka P. wrote:
> Newb N. wrote:
>
> > I want to get file contents from html file
> > after getting i want to display it in the view page.any sample
> >
> > any helps
> > Thanks
>
> Hi,
> As you want html parsing in rails. there are several gems available
> for it. one of them is “hpricot”.
> for more information refer this
> [Fast HTML parsing in Ruby with Hpricot](http://www.rubyinside.com/fast-html-parsing-in-ruby-with-hpricot-125.html).
> Hope, this will help you.
Nokogiri is supposed to be faster than Hpricot, for what that’s worth.
> Thanks,
> Priyanka P.
Best,
–Â
Marnen Laibow-Koser
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)
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**Author:**  [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-display-file-contents-from-html-file/179643/6 "2009-12-01T06:53:26Z")
hi…’
actually i read html file
@content = File.read ("#file\_path}")
i dispaly in my view like \<%=@content%\>
this causes style issues in my page …
why waht is the problem…
pls help me…,.