Friday, April 15, 2022

[SOLVED] How to convert multiple parameters URLs into single parameter URLs in bash

Issue

$ cat urls.txt
http://example.com/test/test/test?apple=&bat=&cat=&dog=
https://test.com/test/test/test?aa=&bb=&cc=
http://target.com/test/test?hmm=

I want output like below 👇🏻 , how can i do that in bash ( single line command )

$ cat urls.txt
http://example.com/test/test/test?apple=
http://example.com/test/test/test?bat=
http://example.com/test/test/test?cat=
http://example.com/test/test/test?dog=
https://test.com/test/test/test?aa=
https://test.com/test/test/test?bb=
https://test.com/test/test/test?cc=
http://target.com/test/test?hmm=

Solution

With GNU awk:

$ awk -F'?|=&|=' '{for(i=2;i<NF;i++) print $1 "?" $i "="}' urls.txt 
http://example.com/test/test/test?apple=
http://example.com/test/test/test?bat=
http://example.com/test/test/test?cat=
http://example.com/test/test/test?dog=
https://test.com/test/test/test?aa=
https://test.com/test/test/test?bb=
https://test.com/test/test/test?cc=
http://target.com/test/test?hmm=


Answered By - Renaud Pacalet
Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)
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