11-14-2012
You might find this useful. I use it to validate input dates, first convert the date to the number of days since Jan 1 1900, then convert that number back to a date, and compare with input.
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urlcoding
URLCODING(3) libbash urlcoding Library Manual URLCODING(3)
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 <heiner.steven@odn.de>
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 ('
') 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 [-l] <STRING>
Converts STRING - a string of ASCII characters - to URL.
urlEncodeFile [-l] <FILE>
Coverts FILE of URL-encoded text to plain text
urlEncodeStream [-l]
Converts text from standard input to URL-text.
urlDecodeString <STRING>
Converts URL-encoded string STRING back to text.
urlDecodeFile <FILENAME>
Converts the URL-encoded text in FILE to plain text.
urlDecodeStream
Converts the URL-encoded text from standard input to plain-text
AUTHORS
Alon Keren <alon.keren@gmail.com>
SEE ALSO
ldbash(1), libbash(1)
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