Fwuck

Small curl wrapper meant for handling URLs in shell scripts. Work in progress.

Compile

cc -o fwuck fwuck.c -lcurl

Usage examples

Get the port form a URL

$ ./fwuck "http://google.com:443/" -t | grep PORT | cut -d ':' -f 2
443

Assemble URL from parts

$ ./fwuck -p <<EOL
SCHEME:https
HOST:google.com
EOL
https://google.com

Replace the host

$ ./fwuck "https://example.com/" -t | sed 's/^HOST:.*$/HOST:google.com/' | ./fwuck -p
https://google.com

Example output

$ ./fwuck "https://example.com/" -t
FRAGMENT:
HOST:example.com
PASSWORD:
PATH:/
PORT:
QUERY:
SCHEME:https
USER:
ZONEID:

Help text

How to fwuck:

  fwuck [OPTIONS] [URL]...

  Action flags:

    Only one of these may be passed at a time

    -t,--take-apart   - Take apart a URL into its component parts
    -p,--put-together - Assemble a URL from comonent parts
    -r,--replace      - Replace a part of a URL

  Utility Flags:

    -h,--help         - Print this text
    -n,--no-label     - Disable printing of labels like 'PORT:' when disassembling a URL