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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: terminal only for two weeks
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:42:10 -0000 (UTC)
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On 28 Nov 2024 01:41:56 -0400, Mike Spencer wrote:

> AFAICT, when spidering the net, Google finds the page that *does*
> exist, modifies it according to (opaque, unknown) rules of orthography
> and delivers that to you.

It adds an entirely unnecessary extra level of URL quoting.

Trying your example through a redirection-removal script I hacked
together:

    ldo@theon:unredirect> ./unredirect 'https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%25C3%25A9on:_The_Professional&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwi'
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%25C3%25A9on:_The_Professional

Wrong.

    ldo@theon:unredirect> ./unredirect --unquote 'https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%25C3%25A9on:_The_Professional&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwi'
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professional

Right.