Extract URLs from text input to stdin.
Similar to https://pypi.org/project/urlscan/
echo "google.com" >> files.txt
echo "https://stackoverflow.com" >> files.txt
echo "https://github.com" >> files.txt
echo "" >> files.txt
echo "Here's a link to https://example.com in flowing text." >> files.txt
# Without cat...
# urlscan < files.txt
cat files.txt | urlscan
This then displays a list of URLs. Enter the number, use tab / shift+tab, or the cursor keys to select an entry, then press enter. The item will then be opened in the browser.
Press q to quit without selecting anything.
[0] google.com
[1] https://stackoverflow.com
> [2] https://github.com
[3] https://example.com