UrlGate

Table of Contents

• About
• Quick Start
• Using Urlgate
• TODO

About

Urlgate Extract URLS from a text file in bure bash

Urlgate allows you to...

• Get list of URLS
• Read from pipeline
• Grep to special URLS
• Curl text file from the web
• Use dmenu for Selection
• Exec a command after select

Urlgate automatically...

• Check if the file exist
• Check all possible user mistakes

Quick Start

1. Introduction:

   Installation requires :

   • Curl
   • Dmenu
   • Coreutils

2. Set up Urlgate:

   git clone https://gitlab.com/zakariaGatter/urlgate.git ~/brash
   mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
   cp ~/brash/bin/urlgate ~/.local/bin
   chmod +x ~/.local/bin/urlgate

Using Urlgate

URLGATE Extract URLs from a text file
Usage: urlgate [OPTIONS] ... [FILE] ...
    Or: [CMD] | urlgate [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS
    -f <file> : Extract URLs from file
    -c <url>  : Extract URLs from the web
    -l        : List All Extracted URLs
    -g <text> : Use only URLs that match TEXT
    -s        : Dmenu Selection menu
    -e <file> : Exec command or script to use [%u = URL]
    -r <regx> : REGEX regular expressions to use
    -h        : Display this help text and exit

VARIABLES
    URLGATE_GREP_CMD   Command to grep with.           Default [grep]
    URLGATE_DMENU_CMD  Dmenu command to use.           Default [dmenu -p Urlgate -l 10 -i]
    URLGATE_CURL_CMD   Command to curl Web page.       Default [curl -s]
    URLGATE_EXEC_CMD   Exec command or script to use.  Default [xdg-open %u] "(%u) Replaced by the link"
    URLGATE_REGEX      REGEX regular expressions to use

NOTE
    Export URLGATE Variables before you use them

TODO

Urlgate is a work in progress, so any ideas and patches are appreciated.

• List URLs from file
• Use Curl for web file
• Read from STDIN
• Grep URL list
• Use Dmenu to select
• Exec command after select
• Mofidy dmenu, grep, and search options