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It just takes the text in the clipboard and replaces it with a filename friendly version.\n\n## Installation\n\n### macOS App\n\nJust download the latest release .zip file, uncompress it and copy `urlify.app` into your Applications folder. \n\nLatest release at: [github.com/mikeckennedy/urlify/releases](https://github.com/mikeckennedy/urlify/releases/latest)\n\nIf you want URLify to start when you login, \njust [follow these steps](https://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/03/24/apps-launch-system-startup-mac/):\n\n1. Open System Preferences\n2. Click Users \u0026 Groups\n3. Click Login Items\n4. Click the '+' sign and find urlify.app\n5. click the Add button\n\n### Command-Line Tool\n\nFor the CLI version, clone this repository and install the dependencies:\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/mikeckennedy/urlify.git\ncd urlify\npip install -r requirements.txt\n```\n\nThen you can run the CLI directly:\n\n```bash\npython cli.py --help\n```\n\n## CLI Usage\n\nThe command-line interface provides all the same functionality as the GUI app, with convenient defaults and multiple input options. Perfect for automation, scripting, and power users who prefer the command line.\n\n### Basic Usage\n\nBy default, URLify will read from your clipboard and perform URL-friendly conversion:\n\n```bash\n# Convert clipboard text to URL format (default behavior)\npython cli.py\n\n# Convert specific text to URL format\npython cli.py --text \"Hello World! This is a Test\"\n\n# Pipe text through URLify\necho \"Some Title Text\" | python cli.py\n```\n\n### Available Commands\n\nAll the GUI transformations are available as CLI commands:\n\n```bash\n# Text transformations\npython cli.py urlify --text \"Hello World!\"           # hello-world (default command)\npython cli.py lowercase --text \"HELLO WORLD\"         # hello world\npython cli.py uppercase --text \"hello world\"         # HELLO WORLD\npython cli.py trim --text \"  spaced text  \"          # spaced text\npython cli.py capitalize-first --text \"hello world\"  # Hello world\npython cli.py capitalize-all --text \"hello world\"    # Hello World\n\n# URL operations\npython cli.py remove-query --text \"https://example.com?param=value\"  # https://example.com\n\n# Data extraction\npython cli.py excel-friendly --text \"abc123.45def\"   # 123.45\n```\n\n### Input Sources\n\nThe CLI accepts input from multiple sources (in priority order):\n\n1. **Direct text**: `--text \"your text here\"`\n2. **Stdin pipe**: `echo \"text\" | python cli.py command`\n3. **Clipboard**: (default when no other input provided)\n\n### Output Options\n\n```bash\n# Quiet mode (only output the result)\npython cli.py --quiet --text \"Hello World\"\n\n# Copy result back to clipboard\npython cli.py --copy-to-clipboard --text \"Hello World\"\n\n# Combine options\npython cli.py --quiet --copy-to-clipboard --text \"Hello World\"\n```\n\n### Command Aliases\n\nMany commands have convenient short aliases:\n\n```bash\npython cli.py lc --text \"HELLO\"          # same as lowercase\npython cli.py uc --text \"hello\"          # same as uppercase  \npython cli.py rq --text \"url?param=val\"  # same as remove-query\npython cli.py cf --text \"hello world\"    # same as capitalize-first\npython cli.py ca --text \"hello world\"    # same as capitalize-all\n```\n\n### Help and Documentation\n\n```bash\npython cli.py --help              # Show all commands and options\npython cli.py urlify --help       # Show help for specific command\npython cli.py --version           # Show version information\n```\n\n## Launching app\n\nThe first time you download the app, macOS may give you a warning that the developer is not verified and it can't run. You're welcome to heed that warning, but if you trust it enough, right-click and choose open rather than double-clicking it and then you'll get a prompt where you can run anyway.\n\nAfter running once, macOS will allow it to run without complaining afterwards.\n\n## Building locally\n\nIf you want to build from source, it's pretty standard Python:\n\n### For the CLI tool:\n\n```bash\n# Clone and set up\ngit clone https://github.com/mikeckennedy/urlify.git\ncd urlify\npip install -r requirements.txt\n\n# Use the CLI directly\npython cli.py --help\n```\n\n### For the macOS app:\n\n```bash\n# Create and activate a virtual environment\npip install -r requirements.txt\npython build_app.py py2app \n```\n\nThe output `.app` file will be in the `dist` folder.","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmikeckennedy%2Furlify","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fmikeckennedy%2Furlify","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmikeckennedy%2Furlify/lists"}