USAGE

urlparse [OPTIONS] URL_TO_PARSE

DESCRIPTION

urlparse can parse a URL and return the specific elements requested (e.g. protocol, hostname, path, query string)

OPTIONS

Below are a set of options available.

    -H, -host           Display the hostname (and port if specified) found in URL.
    -P, -protocol       Display the protocol of URL (defaults to http)
    -base, -basename    Display the base filename at the end of the path.
    -d, -delimiter      Set the output delimited for parsed display. (defaults to tab)
    -dir, -dirname      Display all but the last element of the path
    -examples           display example(s)
    -ext, -extname      Display the filename extension (e.g. .html).
    -generate-manpage   generate man page
    -generate-markdown  generate markdown documentation
    -h, -help           display help
    -i, -input          input filename
    -l, -license        display license
    -nl, -newline       if true add a trailing newline
    -o, -output         output filename
    -p, -path           Display the path after the hostname.
    -quiet              suppress error messages
    -v, -version        display version

EXAMPLES

With no options returns “http.commy/page.html”

urlparse http://example.com/my/page.html

Get protocol. Returns “http”.

urlparse -protocol http://example.com/my/page.html

Get host or domain name. Returns “example.com”.

urlparse -host http://example.com/my/page.html

Get path. Returns “/my/page.html”.

urlparse -path http://example.com/my/page.html

Get dirname. Returns “my”

urlparse -dirname http://example.com/my/page.html

Get basename. Returns “page.html”.

urlparse -basename http://example.com/my/page.html

Get extension. Returns “.html”.

urlparse -extname http://example.com/my/page.html

Without options urlparse returns protocol, host and path fields separated by a tab.

urlparse v0.0.25