SYNOPSIS

urlEncodeString Bo Fa -l Bc Aq Fa STRING

urlEncodeFile Bo

Fa -l Bc Aq Fa FILE

urlEncodeStream Bo

Fa -l Bc

urlDecodeString Aq Fa STRING

urlDecodeFile Aq

Fa FILENAME

urlDecodeStream

DESCRIPTION

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

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

urlEncodeString Bo Fa -l Bc Aq Fa STRING

Converts STRING - a string of ASCII characters - to URL.

urlEncodeFile Bo Fa -l Bc Aq Fa FILE

Coverts FILE of URL-encoded text to plain text

urlEncodeStream Bo Fa -l Bc

Converts text from standard input to URL-text.

urlDecodeString Aq Fa STRING

Converts URL-encoded string STRING back to text.

urlDecodeFile Aq Fa FILENAME

Converts the URL-encoded text in FILE to plain text.

urlDecodeStream

Converts the URL-encoded text from standard input to plain-text

AUTHORS

An Alon Keren Aq [email protected]