yasal 1.0.5

Description

Convert Windows Shortcut File *.url to UNIX Desktop file *.desktop

yasal is mostly inspirated by the firefox plugin SaveLink

.desktop file are named with the given url page title, the output file will be placed in the same folder if not specified

Usage

usage: yasal [-h] [-f FILE | -r RECURSIVE] [-o OUT] [-i]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FILE, --file FILE  specify file FILE to be convert
  -r RECURSIVE, --recursive RECURSIVE
                        recursive mode, will convert all .url file in
                        directory RECURSIVE
  -o OUT, --out OUT     specify output directory OUT for .desktop files
  -i, --icontexthtml    set the .desktop icon field to 'text-html' default is
                        'firefox'

Examples

convert a single file, result is stored in the input file same directory:

yasal -f /path/to/file.url

convert all files in a given folder and store result in another given folder:

yasal -r /path/to/folder -o /path/to/result/folder