1URLENCODE(1)                    GridSite Manual                   URLENCODE(1)
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NAME

6       urlencode - convert strings to or from URL-encoded form
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SYNOPSIS

9       urlencode [-m|-d] string [string ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       urlencode encodes strings according to RFC 1738.
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14       That  is,  characters  A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ and - are passed through unmodi‐
15       fied, but all other characters are represented  as  %HH,  where  HH  is
16       their two-digit upper-case hexadecimal ASCII representation.  For exam‐
17       ple,       the       URL        http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/        becomes
18       http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gridpp.ac.uk%2F
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20       urlencode  converts each character in all the strings given on the com‐
21       mand line. If multiple strings are given, they  are  concatenated  with
22       separating spaces before conversion.
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OPTIONS

26       -m     Instead  of  full conversion, do GridSite "mild URL encoding" in
27              which A-Z a-z 0-9 . = - _ @ and / are passed through unmodified.
28              This  results  in  slightly  more human-readable strings but the
29              application must be prepared to create or simulate the  directo‐
30              ries implied by any slashes.
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33       -d     Do URL-decoding rather than encoding, according to RFC 1738. %HH
34              and %hh strings are converted and other  characters  are  passed
35              through  unmodified,  with  the exception that + is converted to
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EXIT CODES

40       0 is always returned.
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AUTHOR

44       Andrew McNab <Andrew.McNab@manchester.ac.uk>
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46       urlencode is part of GridSite: http://www.gridsite.org/
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50urlencode                        November 2003                    URLENCODE(1)