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USAGE

urlencode [OPTIONS] [STRING_TO_ENCODE]

DESCRIPTION

urlencode is a simple command line utility to URL encode content. By default it reads from standard input and writes to standard out. You can also specifty the string to encode as a command line parameter.

OPTIONS

Below are a set of options available.

    -examples            display example(s)
    -generate-markdown   generate markdown documentation
    -h, -help            display help
    -i, -input           set input filename
    -l, -license         display license
    -nl, -newline        add a trailing newline to output
    -o, -output          set output filename
    -q, -query           use query escape (pluses for spaces)
    -quiet               suppress error messages
    -v, -version         display version

EXAMPLES

echo "This is the string to encode & nothing else!" | urlencode

would yield

This%20is%20the%20string%20to%20encode%20&%20nothing%20else%0A

urlencode v0.2.4