used firebug to get transcript -- how to edit out HTML fast?

[mercurial6]

Hi!

I used firebug to get the transcript from yotube.

Looks like this:
transcript><text start="1.23" dur="3.56">one of the smallest and most densely
populated countries in the world</text><text start="4.79" dur="5.11">single is a breeze to explore nothing is
more than an hour away from the central</text><text start="9.9" dur="3.81">business district yes</text><text start="13.71" dur="5.229">home built at the crossroads a maritime
trading routes</text><text start="18.939" dur="5.641">for well over a century Singapore was
the jewel in prisons and higher</text><text start="24.58" dur="3.05">when the city became a republic in 1965</text><text start="27.63" dur="3.21">if you thought a country with so few
resources</text><text start="30.84" dur="5.35">and a vastly different ethnic groups
could succeed but succeed it has</text><text start="36.19" dur="4.09">

I want to use a text editor to remove everything in the brackets. I used to know how to do this -- specify terms to remove all instances of something but I can't remember.
Any ideas how to do this?

I found the Google2SRT tool didn't work or SERPsite.
Then I found this article: http://seperohacker.blogspot.ca/2014/04 ... pt-of.html

I just need to automate the removal of all the <text> and </text> tags. Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated.

[SmallBrother]

I don't know if I understand well - removing everything in the brackets will also remove all timing information...
But anyway:
1. Do an extended (all occurrences at-once) search of "</text>" and replace this with "</text></ br>"
Now it will be this:

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<text start="1.23" dur="3.56">one of the smallest and most densely populated countries in the world</text><br><text start="4.79" dur="5.11">single is a breeze to explore nothing is more than an hour away from the central</text><br><text start="9.9" dur="3.81">business district yes</text><br><text start="13.71" dur="5.229">home built at the crossroads a maritime trading routes</text><br><text start="18.939" dur="5.641">for well over a century Singapore was the jewel in prisons and higher</text><br><text start="24.58" dur="3.05">when the city became a republic in 1965</text><br><text start="27.63" dur="3.21">if you thought a country with so few resources</text><br><text start="30.84" dur="5.35">and a vastly different ethnic groups could succeed but succeed it has</text><br><text start="36.19" dur="4.09">

2. Open this file in a browser. It will show like this:

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one of the smallest and most densely populated countries in the world single is a breeze to explore nothing is more than an hour away from the central business district yes home built at the crossroads a maritime trading routes for well over a century Singapore was the jewel in prisons and higher when the city became a republic in 1965 if you thought a country with so few resources and a vastly different ethnic groups could succeed but succeed it has

If you want to keep the breaks within one line, use "<p>" instead of "<br>" and replace all line feeds with a "<br>"
You will get

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<text start="1.23" dur="3.56">one of the smallest and most densely<br>populated countries in the world</text><p><text start="4.79" dur="5.11">single is a breeze to explore nothing is<br>more than an hour away from the central</text><p><text start="9.9" dur="3.81">business district yes</text><p><text start="13.71" dur="5.229">home built at the crossroads a maritime<br>trading routes</text><p><text start="18.939" dur="5.641">for well over a century Singapore was<br>the jewel in prisons and higher</text><p><text start="24.58" dur="3.05">when the city became a republic in 1965</text><p><text start="27.63" dur="3.21">if you thought a country with so few<br>resources</text><p><text start="30.84" dur="5.35">and a vastly different ethnic groups<br>could succeed but succeed it has</text><p><text start="36.19" dur="4.09">

showing as

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one of the smallest and most densely populated countries in the world single is a breeze to explore nothing is more than an hour away from the central business district yes home built at the crossroads a maritime trading routes for well over a century Singapore was the jewel in prisons and higher when the city became a republic in 1965 if you thought a country with so few resources and a vastly different ethnic groups could succeed but succeed it has

[mercurial6]

Thanks, SmallBrother
That is what I was asking about.
I just saw this today.
Thx much!