Is there such a beast out there before I write my own code?
Bill H
Your Question is Asked Frequently: perldoc -q "remove HTML"
><B> <I> <U> <P> and their close tags, and optionally (preferably)
>clean up any <P> tags so that contain just <P ALIGN="LEFT"> (or right
>or center).
You can define any custom action (remove or retain or whatever you like)
for any HTML element.
jue