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

6       bti-shrink-urls - convert URLs to a shorter form using a web service
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SYNOPSIS

9       bti [--escaped] [--help] [URL]
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DESCRIPTION

12       bti-shrink-urls converts URLs to a shorter form using a web service.
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14       Currently http://2tu.us/ (default) and http://bit.ly / http://j.mp are
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OPTIONS

18       --escaped
19           DonĀ“t escape special characters in the URL any more, they are
20           already percent encoded.
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22       --help
23           Print help text.
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25       URL
26           Specify the URL to be converted. If no URL is given bti-shrink-urls
27           waits for input on stdin.
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CONFIGURATION

30       bti-shrink-urls is configured by setting some values in ~/.bti:
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32       shrink_host
33           Possible values: 2tu.us (default), bit.ly, j.mp
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35       shrink_bitly_login
36           API login for bit.ly, j.mp, required if shrink_host is set to
37           bit.ly or j.mp. See
38           https://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation
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40       shrink_bitly_key
41           API key for bit.ly, j.mp, required if shrink_host is set to bit.ly
42           or j.mp. See
43           https://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation
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AUTHOR

46       Written by Bart Trojanowski bart@jukie.net.
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49       Copyright (C) 2009 Bart Trojanowski bart@jukie.net.
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51       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
52       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
53       Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.
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57bti-shrink-urls                   March 2009                BTI-SHRINK-URLS(1)
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