# print('argument = ' + sys.argv) # print 1st argument DEBUGGING fileName/index.html, with the symbolic link name being Then it will also create a symbolic link right there to.

html files by creating a fileName directory where you are,

This will automatically convert the fileName.chm file to. make a symbolic link to this target in ~/bin: `ln -s ~/GS/dev/shell_scripts-Linux/chm2html/chm2html.py ~/bin/chm2html` USAGE/Python command format: `./chm2html.py fileName.chm` format: `extract_chmLib book.chm outdir` (this is my first ever python shell script to be used as a bash replacement) html, using the command shown here, with a few extra features (folder names, shortcuts, etc): myFile/index.html.Ĭhm2html.py file: get the latest version of this file on GitHub here from my eRCaGuy_dotfiles repo: #!/usr/bin/python3 myFile, then it creates a symlink called.

Log out of Ubuntu then log back in, or reload your paths with source ~/.bashrc.

Make a symlink to chm2html.py in your ~/bin directory: ln -s ~/path/to/chm2html.py ~/bin/chm2html.

Create a ~/bin directory if you don't already have one: mkdir ~/bin.

Make it executable: chmod +x chm2html.py.

Copy and paste the below script into a file chm2html.py.

Let's make a command called chm2html Here's a nice script I wrote. chm file, but I can also use my Chrome browser to search the pages for text, easily print, etc. outdir/index.html to view the converted html files! Yaaay! Much better. In short: sudo apt-get install libchm-bin Dv3500ea has a great chm2pdf answer, but I prefer to read them as html files.

Create chm file