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  1. sergeiwaigant revised this gist Mar 26, 2025. 1 changed file with 5 additions and 2 deletions.
    7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions url_encode_string_with_linux_tools.md
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    ```bash
    $ printf %s 'encode this'|jq -sRr @uri
    encode%20this

    $ jq -rn --arg x 'encode this' '$x|@uri'
    encode%20this
    -r (--raw-output) outputs the raw contents of strings instead of JSON string literals. -n (--null-input) doesn't read input from STDIN.

    -R (--raw-input) treats input lines as strings instead of parsing them as JSON, and -sR (--slurp --raw-input) reads the input into a single string. You can replace -sRr with -Rr if your input only contains a single line, or if you don't want to replace linefeeds with %0A:
    # -r (--raw-output) outputs the raw contents of strings instead of JSON string literals. -n (--null-input) doesn't read input from STDIN.
    # -R (--raw-input) treats input lines as strings instead of parsing them as JSON, and -sR (--slurp --raw-input) reads the input into a single string. You can replace -sRr with -Rr if your input only contains a single line, or if you don't want to replace linefeeds with %0A:

    $ printf %s\\n 'multiple lines' 'of text'|jq -Rr @uri
    multiple%20lines
    of%20text

    $ printf %s\\n 'multiple lines' 'of text'|jq -sRr @uri
    multiple%20lines%0Aof%20text%0A
    Or this percent-encodes all bytes:

    xxd -p|tr -d \\n|sed 's/../%&/g'
    ```
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    # Reference https://stackoverflow.com/a/34407620/13287790
    Reference https://stackoverflow.com/a/34407620/13287790

    ```bash
    $ printf %s 'encode this'|jq -sRr @uri
    encode%20this
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    Another option is to use jq:

    # Reference https://stackoverflow.com/a/34407620/13287790

    ```bash
    $ printf %s 'encode this'|jq -sRr @uri
    encode%20this
    $ jq -rn --arg x 'encode this' '$x|@uri'
    @@ -17,4 +15,4 @@ $ printf %s\\n 'multiple lines' 'of text'|jq -sRr @uri
    multiple%20lines%0Aof%20text%0A
    Or this percent-encodes all bytes:

    xxd -p|tr -d \\n|sed 's/../%&/g'
    xxd -p|tr -d \\n|sed 's/../%&/g'
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    Another option is to use jq:

    # Reference https://stackoverflow.com/a/34407620/13287790

    $ printf %s 'encode this'|jq -sRr @uri
    encode%20this
    $ jq -rn --arg x 'encode this' '$x|@uri'
    encode%20this
    -r (--raw-output) outputs the raw contents of strings instead of JSON string literals. -n (--null-input) doesn't read input from STDIN.

    -R (--raw-input) treats input lines as strings instead of parsing them as JSON, and -sR (--slurp --raw-input) reads the input into a single string. You can replace -sRr with -Rr if your input only contains a single line, or if you don't want to replace linefeeds with %0A:

    $ printf %s\\n 'multiple lines' 'of text'|jq -Rr @uri
    multiple%20lines
    of%20text
    $ printf %s\\n 'multiple lines' 'of text'|jq -sRr @uri
    multiple%20lines%0Aof%20text%0A
    Or this percent-encodes all bytes:

    xxd -p|tr -d \\n|sed 's/../%&/g'