Bash: How to decode and encode specific URL characters?

Asked Apr 14 '21 at 05:35

Active Apr 14 '21 at 06:22

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This awk command works well for decoding all characters at once:

awk -niord '{printf RT?$0chr("0x"substr(RT,2)):$0}' RS=%..

But I need commands to decode and encode specific URL characters. For example I only need to decode %3d and %26 or vice versa encode = and & in a file.

https%3a%2f%2fgoogle.com%2fsearch%3fq%3dstackoverflow%26param%3dvalue

Desired output for decoding

https%3a%2f%2fgoogle.com%2fsearch%3fq=stackoverflow&param=value

Desired output for encoding

https://google.com/search?q%3dstackoverflow%26param%3dvalue

UPDATE

Although it is possible to use sed 's/%3d/\=/g' | sed 's/%26/\&/g' to replace a character, but I'm still looking for a way to decode or encode some specific characters at once, (put them in one sed or awk or whatever instead of using two sed command). Tools other than sed are welcome.

I need to replace %3d with = and replace %26 with & and vice versa.

Thanks

edited Apr 14 '21 at 06:22

asked Apr 14 '21 at 05:35

sof31

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Try sed, replace these sequences into needed symbols. – Ivan Apr 14 '21 at 05:53
I didn't think about sed :)) Thank you! – sof31 Apr 14 '21 at 06:02
@sof31, could you please post which symbol should be replaced with which value? That will clarify it more, thank you. – RavinderSingh13 Apr 14 '21 at 06:03
@RavinderSingh13 I updated the post. Please read ```UPDATE```. – sof31 Apr 14 '21 at 06:22
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@sof31, try to combine them like this `sed 's/%3d/\=/g;s/%26/\&/g' file` and please check how it goes. – RavinderSingh13 Apr 14 '21 at 06:31
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@RavinderSingh13 It goes well. Thanks! – sof31 Apr 14 '21 at 06:37

Bash: How to decode and encode specific URL characters?

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