HTML tidy output option not working

Question

The command line output option in HTML tidy does not work. I run "tidy" in a command line window. The code runs and outputs formatted HTML code to the screen then, stops (hangs) at the line and does not go further.

tidy infile -o outfile

Output:

</div>
</body>
</html>

the only way I can get an output file is tidy infile > outfile

any ideas?

Answer 1

contrary to the documentation, the correct sequence of commands is tidy -o outfile infile all command switches must PRECEDE the infile name.

    `tidy infile -o outfile` -- wrong format
    `tidy -o outfile infile` -- correct format