You could try locating the temporary files containing the rendered data created by firefox. First create a script containing the command grep -l "some.*unique.*string.*in.*the.*display" * Call this script stringhunt. Then cd to locations where firefox may be creating its tmp files, such as /tmp for example and run stringhunt. If you get a filename, run stringhunt > ~/myfile Now myfile contains the name of the rendered temp file which will probably be long, complicated andtotally meaningless. If this actually works you can manipulate the file, examine it or edit it with something like vi $(cat ~/myfile) or other tools to try extracting the actual data. On the other hand this might not work because I haven't a clue if firefox even creates temp files of rendered text. For all I know it is all done in RAM and no files are created. Good luck, and may the farce be with you. -- Rudy Vener Beast Hunt Vol 1, containing my short story Dragon Wing, is loose in the wild: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPN1QGGJ Latest Limerick - Schumer's Choice: Trump Wins Or Dems Lose https://limerickdude.substack.com/p/schumers-choice-trump-wins-or-dems Website: http://www.rudyvener.com On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 06:45:59AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > Is it possible to save a table to a text file in either Chrome or > Firefox? > > I just had a heck of a scare at our house when our ISP > had some sort of day-long melt-down that bricked our 2013-vintage > Netgear router. The router is actually fine and came right back > up as soon as the ISP stopped feeding it poison and started > working properly again but I think it is time to retire this > router and go with a Linux or FreeBSD-based router that lives on > plain ASCII configuration files. > > Our present router is a NETGEAR Router WNDR3400v2 > and probably might make a good access point as the hardware seems > to be okay but I am sick and tired of dealing with the web > interface for administering the router. Web GUIS are not > efficient for control as one must do everything the GUI way > rather than what I call the easy way which is, Edit the files in > question. Give the system a n update command and you're good to > go. > > For 25 years, I ran the DHCP and DNS boxes at a > university before retirement so I know what I need to do. > > The Netgear router has never been very blind-friendly > because every browser I have tried on it has some sort of issue. > Somewhere along the way, I was finally able to change the > password because it comes with a default password that one should > always change unless you want to let all your neighbors share > your WiFi. > > I could reset the router to gain access to it again but > that would clear out the dedicated IP address tables I created > over time. Those tables are visible as I look at the "attached > devices" tables so if I can capture those to a file or files, I > can make the ASCII tables in to the sort of files that the ISC > dhcp server uses which are ordinary text files. > > Right now, when it prompts for a password, nothing I > thought I was changing it to works. I even tried the old default > password and it no longer works either. > > I tried backing up the router to a file which is a good > thing anyway since all the settings including the rotten password > are saved but this particular model of Netgear router uses some > sort of proprietary format to the backup file which would be a > major project to try to reverse engineer. > > For those interested in such things, a number of folks > are using mini PC's loaded with an open-source router program so > you have to get a mini PC with two network interface cards and > install Linux for FreeBSD depending on what router software one > needs to run. > > One NIC points to your ISP and the other is your home > network, usually some private number space such as 192.168.x.x > > The Netgear device has a mechanism in it's web GUI to let > a person recover the system password but, you guessed it, the > process only works on Internet Explorer, firefox and chrome. It > specifically doesn't work on safari which is what I used the time > I tried to change the password but I've changed it to some unknown > garbage and can't seem to get chrome or firefox to help me any. > GRRR! > > Anyway, right now, the Netgear is good so I want to copy > the DHCP tables to a real good old text file and never see > another web GUI on a router in my house as long as I live. > > Seriously, web GUI's aren't evil but there are no > standards for them so for something that is mission critical, one > needs a basic lo-level connection like command lines and ASCII > text. They usually always work. > > Thanks for any ideas on capturing the tables to a text file. > > Martin McCormick > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx.