URL Codec Script (urlcodec.sh)

A simple Bash script for encoding and decoding URLs using Perl's URI::Escape module. Supports colorized output and optional file logging.

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📦 Features

• ✅ Encode or decode URLs via command-line
• ✅ Handles multiple URLs at once
• ✅ Colored output when running in a terminal
• ✅ Optionally log results to a file

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🚀 Usage

./urlcodec.sh [options] <url> [<url> ...]

Options

Option	Description
-e, --encode	Encode the next URL (default mode)
-d, --decode	Decode the next URL
-o <file>	Append output (with colors) to a file
-h, --help	Show help message

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🧪 Examples

# Encode a URL
./urlcodec.sh -e "https://example.com/abc?param=1&other=value"

# Decode a URL
./urlcodec.sh -d "https%3A%2F%2Fexample%2Ecom%2Fabc%3Fparam%3D1%26other%3Dvalue"

# Mix encode and decode
./urlcodec.sh -e "https://example.com" -d "https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com"

# Save output to a file
./urlcodec.sh -e "https://example.com" -o output.txt

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⚙️ Requirements

• Bash
• Perl with the URI::Escape module

Install Perl module if missing:

cpan URI::Escape

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