htmlparser2 is the fastest HTML parser, and takes some shortcuts to get there. If you need strict HTML spec compliance, have a look at parse5.

Bash/Zsh function for extract: .zip, .rar, .bz2, .gz, .zlib, .tar, .tbz2, .tgz, .Z, .7z, .xz, .exe, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz, .tar.xz, etc.