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minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 month agoLink shorteners have absolutely been useful when you need to go to a long URL on a entirely different device you can’t copy a link to easily. I’ve used them to make it easy to get to scripts.
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoNot when you are working in a CLI
minus-squareArghblarg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYour comment prompted me to search and I found this util: https://github.com/fumiyas/qrc Obviously results in a larger ASCII blob than a shortened URL, but would allow use on any terminal.
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s the other way around, I need to get long links to the CLI
Link shorteners have absolutely been useful when you need to go to a long URL on a entirely different device you can’t copy a link to easily.
I’ve used them to make it easy to get to scripts.
QR codes mostly solved that.
Not when you are working in a CLI
Your comment prompted me to search and I found this util: https://github.com/fumiyas/qrc
Obviously results in a larger ASCII blob than a shortened URL, but would allow use on any terminal.
It’s the other way around, I need to get long links to the CLI