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BeanBagKing/urldecode.py

Created October 20, 2016 15:26
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Takes a URL encoded file (such as a TCP stream) and decodes it.
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urldecode.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import urllib
fin = open("urlencoded.txt")
fout = open("urldecoded.txt", "wt")
for line in fin:
fout.write(urllib.unquote(line))
fin.close()
fout.close()
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Lots of examples on how to do this with strings. I couldn't find a single one that performed the action on an entire file though.

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