
Urlencode-path script
I often need to insert links to local files/folders into Markdown documents. They should be clickable. To do this, I need to replace spaces in them with "%20
", and add "file:///
" at the beginning.
From a link like this:E:\My Documents\File.txt
Make this:file:///E:\My%20Documents\File.txt
How to automate this process:
Create a file:urlencode-path.bat
With content:@echo off
chcp 65001 > nul & rem Fix text encoding
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
:: Get input (drag & drop or manual)
set "input=%~1"
if "%input%"=="" (
set /p "input=Enter path or text: "
)
:: Remove quotes if dragged & dropped
set "input=!input:"=!"
:: Replace spaces with %20
set "output=!input: =%%20!"
:: Check if it's a path (has :\ or /)
echo !output! | findstr /i "[\\/]" > nul
if !errorlevel! equ 0 (
set "output=file:///!output!"
)
:: Display and copy to clipboard
echo Result: !output!
echo !output! | clip
echo Text copied to clipboard!
pause
Now you can Drag & Drop a File/Folder directly onto the bat file. A console window will open with the inscription:
Text copied to clipboard
Press any key to continue . . .