{"id":1776,"date":"2015-05-19T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flagsoft.com\/cmswp\/?page_id=1776"},"modified":"2019-07-31T20:41:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T18:41:50","slug":"webloc2url-sh-convert-webloc-to-url-files","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.flagsoft.com\/cmswp\/software\/webloc2url-sh-convert-webloc-to-url-files\/","title":{"rendered":"webloc2url.sh – Convert webloc to url files"},"content":{"rendered":"

webloc2url.sh<\/h1>\n

View your links anywhere. Converts .webloc to .url<\/h2>\n

Have a lot of webloc (stored hyperlinks) files and want them share with your
\nWindows colleagues? No problem. Just convert them all to url (Windows) files.<\/p>\n

\"[cml_media_altI like Bookmarks, but... Working with Links, URL, etc. in a Project<\/h3>\n

On a Mac: You find an interesting page on the Internet. Instead of bookmarking it, you can also drag & drop the current site URL from your default Web Browser to a folder in Finder. This will create a .webloc file. Later on you can easily open that link again by just double click on the .webloc file.<\/p>\n

On Windows: Just drag & drop the URL from web browser to Windows File Manager in a directory. This will create a .url file. You can later on double click this .url file to open up the site stored in the dot url file.<\/p>\n

Why do I need this?<\/h3>\n

Why you should do that? Well, for example if you are working on a project with others, and you all store files on a local network drive. If you are working an a Mac, your links will be .webloc files.<\/p>\n

webloc2url.sh can add to any .webloc file a .url file as well. So Mac and Windows users will be happy again.<\/p>\n

Download<\/h3>\n

See: https:\/\/github.com\/flagsoft\/webloc2url<\/a><\/p>\n

Example Usage<\/h3>\n

1. Just copy webloc2url.sh to sub folder<\/p>\n

2. cd to sub folder<\/p>\n

3. run it!<\/p>\n

4. For every .webloc file in the current folder and all sub folders webloc2url.sh will create a new .url file.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/p>\n

[code language=\"bash\"]
\ncd .\/top_path_to_webloc_dir\/
\nbash .\/webloc2url.sh
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n

What does it?<\/h3>\n

Sample webloc file:<\/p>\n

[code language=\"xml\"]
\n&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
\n&lt;!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-\/\/Apple\/\/DTD PLIST 1.0\/\/EN" "http:\/\/www.apple.com\/DTDs\/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"&gt;
\n&lt;plist version="1.0"&gt;
\n&lt;dict&gt;
\n&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;key&gt;URL&lt;\/key&gt;
\n&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;string&gt;http:\/\/www.google.com&lt;\/string&gt;
\n&lt;\/dict&gt;
\n&lt;\/plist&gt;
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n

Get's converted to url file like this:<\/p>\n

[code]
\n[InternetShortcut]
\nURL=http:\/\/www.google.com
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Source Code<\/h3>\n

(Latest version is on Github. See Download title.)<\/p>\n

[code language=\"bash\"]
\n#!\/bin\/bash
\n##
\n## webloc2url.sh - Converts webloc (Mac) to url (Windows) files.
\n##
\n## Copyright (c) 2015 by mzm
\n##
\n## License:
\n## GPL
\n##
\n## Description:
\n## Converts .webloc Mac files in current folder and all subfolders to .url
\n##&nbsp; files for Windows.
\n##
\n## Usage:
\n## cd .\/top_path_to_webloc_dir\/
\n## bash .\/webloc2url.sh
\n##
\n## Details:
\n##
\n## Input: "link.webloc" (Mac):
\n## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\n## &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
\n## &lt;!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-\/\/Apple\/\/DTD PLIST 1.0\/\/EN" "http:\/\/www.apple.com\/DTDs\/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"&gt;
\n## &lt;plist version="1.0"&gt;
\n## &lt;dict&gt;
\n## \t&lt;key&gt;URL&lt;\/key&gt;
\n## \t&lt;string&gt;http:\/\/www.google.com&lt;\/string&gt;
\n## &lt;\/dict&gt;
\n## &lt;\/plist&gt;
\n## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\n##
\n## Output "link.url" (Windows):
\n## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\n## [InternetShortcut]
\n##&nbsp;URL=http:\/\/www.google.com
\n## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\n##
\n## Misc:
\n##
\n##&nbsp;URL aus .webloc-Datei auslesen
\n## Getestet mit: Mac OS X 10.4.8 und AppleScript 1.10.7
\n##&nbsp;Wenn man den URL aus einer .webloc-Datei (wird erstellt wenn man aus Safari den URL
\n##&nbsp;zum Beispiel auf den Schreibtisch zieht) auslesen m\u00f6chte, dann kann man dies wie folgt tun:
\n##
\n##&nbsp;set the_file to choose file
\n##&nbsp;try
\n##&nbsp; tell application "Finder"
\n##&nbsp; set the_location to location of file the_file
\n##&nbsp; display dialog the_location buttons {"OK"} default button 1
\n##&nbsp; end tell
\n##&nbsp;end try
\n##<\/p>\n

echo ""
\necho "webloc2url.sh Copyright (C) 2015 by mzm"
\necho "This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see file LICENSE."
\necho "This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it"
\necho "under certain conditions; see file LICENSE for details."
\necho ""<\/p>\n

TEMP_LIST="webloc2url-list.txt.$$.tmp"<\/p>\n

find . "(" -name "*.webloc" ")" &gt; $TEMP_LIST<\/p>\n

while read p; do<\/p>\n

\techo "Found webloc: $p"
\n ## $p: .\/some\/dir\/link.webloc
\n\tDIR=$(dirname "${p}") ## .\/some\/dir
\n\tFILENAME=$(basename "${p}") ## link.webloc
\n\tFILENAME_BASE=$(basename "$FILENAME" .webloc) ## link<\/p>\n

\tTEMP_FILE=$DIR\/temp_link.url.$$.tmp ## .\/some\/dir\/temp_link.url.2342343.tmp<\/p>\n

\tFILEPATH_url="${DIR}\/${FILENAME_BASE}.url" ## .\/some\/dir\/link.url<\/p>\n

\t## remove any "._XY" files - AppleDouble encoded Macintosh file
\n\t## see: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AppleSingle_and_AppleDouble_formats
\n\tdot_clean -m $DIR<\/p>\n

\tLINK=`cat "$p" | grep "string" | sed "s\/&lt;string&gt;\/\/" | sed "s\/&lt;\\\/string&gt;\/\/" | sed "s\/\t\/\/"`
\n\techo " - Link is: $LINK"<\/p>\n

\t#FILEPATH_url_q=$(printf %q "$FILEPATH_url")
\n\t#echo "** FILEPATH_url_q: $FILEPATH_url_q"<\/p>\n

\techo " - Create Windows url file"<\/p>\n

\techo "[InternetShortcut]" &gt; ${TEMP_FILE}
\n\techo "URL=$LINK" &gt;&gt; ${TEMP_FILE}<\/p>\n

\t#echo "${TEMP_FILE} -&gt; ${FILEPATH_url}"
\n\tmv ${TEMP_FILE} "${FILEPATH_url}"<\/p>\n

\techo ""<\/p>\n

done &lt; $TEMP_LIST<\/p>\n

rm -f $TEMP_LIST<\/p>\n

echo "all done."<\/p>\n

## EOF.
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n

Q&A<\/h2>\n

Q: What about Ubuntu \/ Linux?<\/h3>\n

A: I did not test that. Maybe the .url file is compatible with Ubuntu Linux.<\/p>\n

Q: What are .webloc files?<\/h3>\n

A: .webloc files are Mac only files (Mac Finder will interpret it and open default Web browser with URL)<\/p>\n

Q: What are .url files?<\/h3>\n

A: .url files are from Windows but works also on Mac (These .url files can be interpreted by Windows and Mac OS X)<\/p>\n

Support<\/h2>\n

Just leave a comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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