"How are you retrieving the web page?" would be my first question. I usually do `lynx -dump [http://optional.com/]some.html` to get plain text. I know this works for links also.
Hey, thanks for the reply! lynx is good but sometimes the formatting of the web page throws me out of context and there are many parameters to play around. I am looking for a web browser(like firefox) like text structure displayed on the terminal.