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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.

📦 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

🚀 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

🧪 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

⚙️ Requirements

  • Bash
  • Perl with the URI::Escape module

Install Perl module if missing:

cpan URI::Escape