BTI-SHRINK-URLS(1)						  bti-shrink-urls						BTI-SHRINK-URLS(1)

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.

bti-shrink-urls 						    March 2009							BTI-SHRINK-URLS(1)