How can I extract plain text from a srt file (subtitle) by eliminating the time codes?

Roben · 06-28-2013, 01:57 PM

How can I remove time codes of a ".srt" file to provide it for print? I want Order of terms in the extracted file to be the same as the original file.

druuna · 06-28-2013, 02:05 PM

Try this:

Code:

$ dos2unix subtitles.srt
$ sed -r '/^[0-9]+$/{N;d}' subtitles.srt > outfile

athanatic · 08-16-2021, 02:53 PM

I will be using that trick a fair amount. I needed to get the transcript of a rant on Lewis Black's podcast. I sent him the proofed text after and it was MUCH easier with that crap gone.

MadeInGermany · 08-18-2021, 06:14 PM

Also examine the following line:

Code:

sed -r 's/\r$//;/^[0-9]+$/{N;/\n[0-9]/d;}' subtitles.srt

EDIT: by deleting the WinDOS \r it does a dos2unix