NAME

urlparse

SYNOPSIS

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

-help

display help

-license

display license

-version

display version

-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

-ext, -extname

Display the filename extension (e.g. .html).

-i, -input

input filename

-nl, -newline

if true add a trailing newline

-o, -output

output filename

-p, -path

Display the path after the hostname.

-quiet

suppress error messages

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 1.2.10