Thanks for your words of encouragement. I already found a solution via HTML::Truncate which does the job for me.

Wrt needing 10 mins for installing a patch and then installing Perl -- well, I am not very well versed in the methods of installing Perl. I installed it on my Mac and it took me between 30 mins and an hour, IIRC, but that is because everything went without any hitch. That may or may not be the case on Dreamhost. Then, once I am done with Perl, I will have install all the various modules I need, only a very few of which I have installed locally for myself. All in all, way more than 10 mins for a newbie like me, although it probably is only 10 mins for someone such as you more well-versed in the ways of Perl.

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In reply to Re^4: segmentation fault on HTML::TokeParser by punkish
in thread segmentation fault on HTML::TokeParser by punkish

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