Text extraction from HTML page

I am using xidel command to extract text from HTML page. Here is my code xidel http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/8.8.8.8 --extract " {$field1} ${field2} " I have used template method. When I run this code. I don't get error nor any output at the terminal. This is what I get after executing this code **** Retrieving (GET): http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/8.8.8.8 **** **** Processing: http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/8.8.8.8 **** ** Current variable state: ** and returns me the $ prompt. I want to know whether the output is stored in any variable?