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SURL(1) text processing SURL(1)
NAME
surl - a URL shortening application, supports various sites
SYNOPSIS
surl [OPTION]
Modes: stdin or -f (default: stdin)
DESCRIPTION
surl is a command line application that can transform links and shorten
them.
The idea is to input a huge amount of text and/or links.
The input can be in two modes:
· stdin (standard input or piped command, default)
· read input from a text file (using the -f option)
OPTIONS
-h, --help
This help message
-v, --version
Prints version info
-c,--url <url>
URL to shorten
-a,--api-key <key>
Use an API key
-f,--file <filename>
Read input from filename
-i, --in-place
Save changes to file directly (Requires: -f)
-l, --links-only
Output only a list of links (old_url => shortened_url)
-o,--output <filename>
Output to file
-p,--password <password>
Your password
-q, --quiet
Suppress any extra messages
-t,--title <title>
Title (short custom name/alias) for the url
-u,--username <username>
Your username
-s,--service <service>
The URL shortening service to use (Default: tinyurl.com)
-r,--script <path>
The surlscript to execute
SUPPORTED SERVICES
surl supports a vast range of url shortening services.
You can view the full list by typing: surl --help
EXAMPLES
· echo 'http://google.co.uk' | surl -a myapikey123 -u example -s bit.ly
· echo 'http://www.google.com' | surl -s tr.im
· surl -c http://www.google.com -s tr.im
· surl -f example.txt -i -s tr.im
BUGS
Should you find any bugs, report them at: https://bugs.launch‐
pad.net/surl
AUTHOR
Savvas Radevic <vicedar@gmail.com>, Ahmed El-Mahdawy <aa.mah‐
dawy.10@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009-2011 Savvas Radevic <vicedar@gmail.com>, Copyright ©
2009-2010 Ahmed El-Mahdawy <aa.mahdawy.10@gmail.com>
0.7 2011-01-06 SURL(1)
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