Script to batch-convert dirs of either fn.webloc or fn.url hyperlinks to lists using http://[…]/fn.htm format?

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I have a folder with 1700+ hyperlinks using the proprietary .webloc format created by the anti-standardizing Apple OS. I want to run a script which converts the lines to the standard format so that they will also run when clicked on a Unix, Linux, or TrueOS/FreeBSD/OpenBSD system. Search engines rewrite my request to do the opposite, or show me ways to wrap a webloc inside HTML tags. I'm on a GNU development critical path so help is greatly appreciated.

Converts file

AlternativeNews.com - The Independent News Source for Free-Thinking People.webloc
BRAINFEED.TV - Reclaim Your Brain!.webloc

to

http://alternativenews.com/
http://brainfeed.tv/

What I have tried:

I've searched but search engines reverse what I want to do or want to wrap the webloc in HTML tags.

Posted 24-Oct-18 20:27pm

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Updated 6-Nov-22 8:58am

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Richard MacCutchan 25-Oct-18 4:14am

I would most probably use awk: capture each string, split on spaces and add the prefix and suffix characters.

Richard Deeming 25-Oct-18 12:46pm

It looks like webloc files are simply XML files. You just need to parse the file contents and extract the value of the <string> element.

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Member 15822257 · Answer 1 · 2022-11-06T08:58:00

Solution 4

From memory something like

Shell

# echo -en "https://"
# ls | awk -F' ' '{print $1}'

should work.

Posted 6-Nov-22 8:58am

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Script to batch-convert dirs of either fn.webloc or fn.url hyperlinks to lists using http://[…]/fn.htm format?

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