Bash urlencode and urldecode
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urlencode() { | |
# urlencode <string> | |
old_lc_collate=$LC_COLLATE | |
LC_COLLATE=C | |
local length="${#1}" | |
for (( i = 0; i < length; i++ )); do | |
local c="${1:$i:1}" | |
case $c in | |
[a-zA-Z0-9.~_-]) printf '%s' "$c" ;; | |
*) printf '%%%02X' "'$c" ;; | |
esac | |
done | |
LC_COLLATE=$old_lc_collate | |
} | |
urldecode() { | |
# urldecode <string> | |
local url_encoded="${1//+/ }" | |
printf '%b' "${url_encoded//%/\\x}" | |
} |
i had to add a check for systems where collate is not set
if [ -n "$old_lc_collate" ] ; then LC_COLLATE=$old_lc_collate ; fi
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Thanks for the script, but i don't know why when calling urlencode i got in the encoded data a : % at the end !