<link> not clickable from text document

[Thufir]

I have many, many, many links like:

http://www.foo.com/
http://www.bar.com/

with one per line, in a text file.  is there a simple way to convert that to

<a href="http://www.foo.com/">foo</a>

or something similar, so that the links are "clickable" in mozilla?

It's not a html question per se, or maybe it is, I dunno :)

I imagine that a script could do it, but I don't know how to write a
script (at least nothing like that).

Any thoughts?

Actually, I always found it annoying that microsoft word makes links
clickable whether you want that or not.  Hey, maybe I found a use for
that "feature" :)

Thanks,

Thufir

[M. Lewis]

THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> I have many, many, many links like:
>
> http://www.foo.com/
> http://www.bar.com/
>
> with one per line, in a text file.  is there a simple way to convert that to
>
> <a href="http://www.foo.com/">foo</a>
>
> or something similar, so that the links are "clickable" in mozilla?
>
> It's not a html question per se, or maybe it is, I dunno :)
>
> I imagine that a script could do it, but I don't know how to write a
> script (at least nothing like that).
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Actually, I always found it annoying that microsoft word makes links
> clickable whether you want that or not.  Hey, maybe I found a use for
> that "feature" :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thufir

Thufir, I'm not certain that I completely understand your question.

From what I understand, this would be very simple to do with a short 
perl script.

If this is indeed what you'd like to do, mail me off-list and I will 
help you with it.

Thanks,
Mike

On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 08:31:21AM +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> I have many, many, many links like:
>
> http://www.foo.com/
> http://www.bar.com/
>
> with one per line, in a text file.  is there a simple way to convert that to
>
> <a href="http://www.foo.com/">foo</a>
>
> or something similar, so that the links are "clickable" in mozilla?
>
> It's not a html question per se, or maybe it is, I dunno :)
>
> I imagine that a script could do it, but I don't know how to write a
> script (at least nothing like that).
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Actually, I always found it annoying that microsoft word makes links
> clickable whether you want that or not.  Hey, maybe I found a use for
> that "feature" :)

This may not be what you what but if you copy the text into an open
office document they will be clickable links.

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 31.07.2005 schrieb THUFIR HAWAT um 9:31:
> I have many, many, many links like:
>
> http://www.foo.com/
> http://www.bar.com/
>
> with one per line, in a text file.  is there a simple way to convert that to
> <a href="http://www.foo.com/">foo</a>
> Thufir

sed 's|^http://%5C(.*%5C)/%7C<a href="\1">\1</a>|g; s|href="|href="http://%7Cg'
linklist.txt > clicklist.txt

Alexander

[Thufir]

On 7/31/05, Alexander Dalloz  wrote:
...
> sed 's|^http://%5C(.*%5C)/%7C<a href="\1">\1</a>|g; s|href="|href="http://%7Cg'
> linklist.txt > clicklist.txt
>
> Alexander

Thanks, Alexander.  I did:

[thufir@arrakis click]$
[thufir@arrakis click]$
[thufir@arrakis click]$
[thufir@arrakis click]$ date
Sun Jul 31 15:41:46 IST 2005
[thufir@arrakis click]$ pwd
/home/thufir/click
[thufir@arrakis click]$ ll
total 24
-rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir 5366 Jul 31 08:37 clicklist.txt
-rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir 5366 Jul 31 15:38 clicklist.txt.backup
[thufir@arrakis click]$ sed 's|^http://%5C(.*%5C)/%7C<a href="\1">\1</a>|g;
s|href="|href="http://%7Cg'

linklist.txt > clicklist.txt

[thufir@arrakis click]$

about how long should this take?  I gave the command 60 seconds and
hit ctrl-c to cancel it.  examining clicklist.txt shows no change.

Aha, I might've provided faulty data.  The links aren't all of the form

http://www.foo.com/

but more like

http://ipac3.vpl.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!1221436~!17&ri=42&...

is that the problem?

Thanks,

Thufir

[Jeff Vian]

On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 15:47 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> On 7/31/05, Alexander Dalloz  wrote:
> ...
> > sed 's|^http://%5C(.*%5C)/%7C<a href="\1">\1</a>|g; s|href="|href="http://%7Cg'
> > linklist.txt > clicklist.txt

^^^^^^^^^^    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

Note that Alexander gave you (examples of) an input file and an output
file that are different.  You will need to use 2 different filenames for
sed to work. The input file must exist, the output file will be created.

In your command below, the input file does not exist so it cannot
perform the task.  This is seen in the output of your 'll' command.
> > Alexander
>
> Thanks, Alexander.  I did:
>
> [thufir@arrakis click]$
> [thufir@arrakis click]$
> [thufir@arrakis click]$
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ date
> Sun Jul 31 15:41:46 IST 2005
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ pwd
> /home/thufir/click
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ ll
> total 24
> -rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir 5366 Jul 31 08:37 clicklist.txt
> -rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir 5366 Jul 31 15:38 clicklist.txt.backup
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ sed 's|^http://%5C(.*%5C)/%7C<a href="\1">\1</a>|g;
> s|href="|href="http://%7Cg'
>
> linklist.txt > clicklist.txt
>
> [thufir@arrakis click]$
>
> about how long should this take?  I gave the command 60 seconds and
> hit ctrl-c to cancel it.  examining clicklist.txt shows no change.
>
> Aha, I might've provided faulty data.  The links aren't all of the form
>
> http://www.foo.com/
>
> but more like
>
> http://ipac3.vpl.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!1221436~!17&ri=42&...
>
> is that the problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thufir

[Thomas Springer]

Hello,

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:40:05 -0500
Jeff Vian wrote:
> > Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > ...
> > > sed 's|^http://%5C(.*%5C)/%7C<a href="\1">\1</a>|g; s|href="|
> > > href="http://%7Cg' linklist.txt > clicklist.txt
>  ^^^^^^^^^^    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Note that Alexander gave you (examples of) an input file and an output
> file that are different.  You will need to use 2 different filenames
> for sed to work. The input file must exist, the output file will be
> created.
>
> In your command below, the input file does not exist so it cannot
> perform the task.  This is seen in the output of your 'll' command.

I think you do understand, now.
> > Thanks, Alexander.  I did:
> >
> > [thufir@arrakis click]$
> > [thufir@arrakis click]$
> > [thufir@arrakis click]$
> > [thufir@arrakis click]$ date
> > Sun Jul 31 15:41:46 IST 2005
> > [thufir@arrakis click]$ pwd
> > /home/thufir/click
> > [thufir@arrakis click]$ ll
> > total 24
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir 5366 Jul 31 08:37 clicklist.txt
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir 5366 Jul 31 15:38 clicklist.txt.backup
> > [thufir@arrakis click]$ sed 's|^http://%5C(.*%5C)/%7C<a href="\1">\1</a>|
> > g; s|href="|href="http://%7Cg'
> >
> > linklist.txt > clicklist.txt
> >
> > about how long should this take?  I gave the command 60 seconds and
> > hit ctrl-c to cancel it.  examining clicklist.txt shows no change.
> >
> > Aha, I might've provided faulty data.  The links aren't all of the
> > form
> >
> > http://www.foo.com/
> >
> > but more like
> >
> > http://ipac3.vpl.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=...
> >
> > is that the problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Thufir

Try this:

$ sed 's|^http://%5C(.*/%5C)%5C(.*%5C)%7C<a href="\1\2">\1</a>|g; s|href="|
href="http://%7Cg' /input/file/with/links > /output/file/with/clicklinks

It's minimal changed from the first example, which didn't things well
when i tried it out with your uri.

Thomas

[Thufir]

On 7/31/05, Thomas Springer  wrote:
...
> Try this:
>
> $ sed 's|^http://%5C(.*/%5C)%5C(.*%5C)%7C<a href="\1\2">\1</a>|g; s|href="|
> href="http://%7Cg' /input/file/with/links > /output/file/with/clicklinks
>
> It's minimal changed from the first example, which didn't things well
> when i tried it out with your uri.
>
> Thomas

...

Sorry that I didn't notice that sed was using input and output files, 
should've seen that.

I made a dummy with just one link to test the sed command.  The  link
is entirely on one line, where as if I were to paste it here then it
would wrap, I'm not sure if that's relevant.

Here's the link in dumm.txt, wrapped:

http://ipac3.vpl.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!1150206~!25&ri=4&aspect=basic_search$

[thufir@arrakis click]$
[thufir@arrakis click]$ date
Sun Jul 31 21:26:23 IST 2005
[thufir@arrakis click]$ pwd
/home/thufir/click
[thufir@arrakis click]$ ll
total 36
-rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir    0 Jul 31 21:26 clicklist.txt
-rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir   95 Jul 31 21:26 dummy.txt
-rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir 5366 Jul 31 08:37 linklist.txt
-rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir 5366 Jul 31 15:38 linklist.txt.backup
[thufir@arrakis click]$ cat dummy.txt
http://ipac3.vpl.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!1150206~!25&ri=4&a...

[thufir@arrakis click]$ sed 's|^http://%5C(.*/%5C)%5C(.*%5C)%7C<a
href="\1\2">\1</a>|g; s|href="|
href="http://%7Cg' dummy.txt > clicklist.txt
sed: -e expression #1, char 58: unterminated `s' command
[thufir@arrakis click]$

I opened "dummy.txt" from openoffice and the link wasn't clickable,
but I do notice that if I were to e-mail these to myself that they
become clickable from gmail.  Still, I'd like to get the sed command
working, partly out of curiousity.

Thanks,

Thufir

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 31.07.2005 schrieb THUFIR HAWAT um 22:50:
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ cat dummy.txt
> http://ipac3.vpl.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!1150206~!25&ri=4&a...
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ sed 's|^http://%5C(.*/%5C)%5C(.*%5C)%7C<a
> href="\1\2">\1</a>|g; s|href="|
> href="http://%7Cg' dummy.txt > clicklist.txt
> sed: -e expression #1, char 58: unterminated `s' command
> [thufir@arrakis click]$

What you show here can't be what you really entered. Do not wrap lines.
The sed command is one single line.
> Thufir

Alexander

[Thomas Springer]

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 21:50:15 +0100
THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> On 7/31/05, Thomas Springer  wrote:
> ...
> > Try this:
> >
> > $ sed 's|^http://%5C(.*/%5C)%5C(.*%5C)%7C<a href="\1\2">\1</a>|g; s|href="|
> > href="http://%7Cg' /input/file/with/links > /output/file/with/
> > clicklinks
> >
> > It's minimal changed from the first example, which didn't things
> > well when i tried it out with your uri.
> >
> > Thomas
>
> ...
>
> Sorry that I didn't notice that sed was using input and output files, 
> should've seen that.
>
> I made a dummy with just one link to test the sed command.  The  link
> is entirely on one line, where as if I were to paste it here then it
> would wrap, I'm not sure if that's relevant.
>
> Here's the link in dumm.txt, wrapped:
>
> http://ipac3.vpl.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!1150206~!25&ri=4&aspect=basic_search$
>
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ date
> Sun Jul 31 21:26:23 IST 2005
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ pwd
> /home/thufir/click
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ ll
> total 36
> -rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir    0 Jul 31 21:26 clicklist.txt
> -rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir   95 Jul 31 21:26 dummy.txt
> -rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir 5366 Jul 31 08:37 linklist.txt
> -rw-rw-r--  1 thufir thufir 5366 Jul 31 15:38 linklist.txt.backup
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ cat dummy.txt
> http://ipac3.vpl.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!1150206~!25&ri=4&a...
>
> [thufir@arrakis click]$ sed 's|^http://%5C(.*/%5C)%5C(.*%5C)%7C<a
> href="\1\2">\1</a>|g; s|href="|
> href="http://%7Cg' dummy.txt > clicklist.txt
> sed: -e expression #1, char 58: unterminated `s' command
> [thufir@arrakis click]$
>
> I opened "dummy.txt" from openoffice and the link wasn't clickable,
> but I do notice that if I were to e-mail these to myself that they
> become clickable from gmail.  Still, I'd like to get the sed command
> working, partly out of curiousity.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thufir

It goes like this,

$ sed 's|^http://%5C(.*/%5C)%5C(.*%5C)%7C<a href="\1\2">\1</a>|g;
> s|href="| href="http://%7Cg' dummy.txt > clicklist.txt

$ echo $?
0
$ cat clicklist.txt
<a href="http://ipac3.vpl.ca/ipac20/ipac.js..">ipac3.vpl.ca/ipac20/</a>

Sorry,I can't see why it doesn't work for you.

Try again, or use the file which comes with this message.

* Save,
* make it executable, then
* ./clinks.sh inputfile > outputfile

Thomas

[Ricardo Veguilla]

On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 08:31 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> I have many, many, many links like:
>
> http://www.foo.com/
> http://www.bar.com/
>
> with one per line, in a text file.  is there a simple way to convert that to
>
> <a href="http://www.foo.com/">foo</a>
>
> or something similar, so that the links are "clickable" in mozilla?

If you use firefox, you can install the Linkification extensions which
does exactly what you want. After installing it, just open the text.file
in firefox and all the URLs will be clickable.

Linkification:
Converts text links into geniune, clickable links.

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=190