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extract_url.pl: A Better URL Viewer



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Hello all,

After a bit of work, I've gotten a perl script that I think rivals 
URLView. I call it "extract_url.pl", and it's here: 
http://www.memoryhole.net/~kyle/extract_url/

This is a Perl script that extracts URLs from correctly-encoded MIME 
email messages. This can be used either as a pre-parser for urlview, 
or to replace urlview entirely (as long as you have the Curses::UI 
module installed).

Urlview is a great program, but has some deficiencies. In particular, 
it isn't particularly configurable, and cannot handle URLs that have 
been broken over several lines in format=flowed delsp=yes email 
messages. Also, urlview  doesn't eliminate duplicate URLs. This perl 
script handles all of that. It also sanitizes URLs so that they can't 
break out of the command shell.

Let me know what you think! If you have suggestions or have found a 
bug in it, let me know that too.

I hope it helps someone.

~Kyle
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