NAME
urlcoding – a Libbash library for encoding and decoding URL's.
SYNOPSIS
- urlEncodeString [-l] ⟨STRING⟩
- urlEncodeFile [-l] ⟨FILE⟩
- urlEncodeStream [-l]
- urlDecodeString ⟨STRING⟩
- urlDecodeFile ⟨FILENAME⟩
- urlDecodeStream
DESCRIPTION
urlcoding is a collection of functions that convert ASCII-text to standard URL's and vice-versa. The AWK code used is based on code by Heiner Steven <[email protected]>
The function list:
- urlEncodeString
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Creates a URL from an ASCII string
- urlEncodeFile
-
Converts a file into URL-valid text
- urlEncodeStream
-
Converts standard input into URL-valid text
- urlDecodeString
-
Converts a URL-encoded text back to a plain-text form
- urlDecodeFile
-
Coverts URL-encoded text in a file back to plain text
- urlDecodeStream
-
Converts URL-encoded standard input to text
Detailed interface description follows.
The [-l] option for the encoding functions should be used when line-feed characters ('\n') are to be encoded as well.
All functions print the results of their conversions to standard output.
The exit status of all functions is that of the command 'awk', with '0' for success
FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTIONS
Cm urlEncodeString Bo Ns Fa -l Ns Bc Aq Ns Fa STRING Ns
Converts STRING - a string of ASCII characters - to URL.
Cm urlEncodeFile Bo Ns Fa -l Ns Bc Aq Ns Fa FILE Ns
Coverts FILE of URL-encoded text to plain text
Cm urlEncodeStream Bo Ns Fa -l Ns Bc
Converts text from standard input to URL-text.
Cm urlDecodeString Aq Ns Fa STRING Ns
Converts URL-encoded string STRING back to text.
Cm urlDecodeFile Aq Ns Fa FILENAME Ns
Converts the URL-encoded text in FILE to plain text.
Cm urlDecodeStream
Converts the URL-encoded text from standard input to plain-text
AUTHORS
Alon Keren ⟨[email protected]⟩
SEE ALSO
ldbash(1), libbash(1)