---
name: "bti-shrink-urls"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bti"
version: "034-6+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bti-shrink-urls"
---

# bti-shrink-urls(1)

convert URLs to a shorter form using a web service

## NAME

bti-shrink-urls - convert URLs to a shorter form using a web service

## SYNOPSIS

**bti** \[**--escaped**\] \[**--help**\] \[**URL**\]

## DESCRIPTION

bti-shrink-urls converts URLs to a shorter form using a web service.

Currently http://2tu.us/ (default) and http://bit.ly / http://j.mp are supported.

## OPTIONS

- **--escaped**

  Don't escape special characters in the URL any more, they are already percent encoded.

- **--help**

  Print help text.

**URL**

Specify the URL to be converted. If no URL is given bti-shrink-urls waits for input on stdin.

## CONFIGURATION

bti-shrink-urls is configured by setting some values in ~/.bti:

**shrink\_host**

Possible values: 2tu.us (default), bit.ly, j.mp

**shrink\_bitly\_login**

API login for bit.ly, j.mp, required if shrink\_host is set to bit.ly or j.mp. See https://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation

**shrink\_bitly\_key**

API key for bit.ly, j.mp, required if shrink\_host is set to bit.ly or j.mp. See https://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation

## AUTHOR

Written by Bart Trojanowski \<bart@jukie.net\>.

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2009 Bart Trojanowski \<bart@jukie.net\>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.