Script Request - URL Cleanser.

[SkyFrontier]

Can someone please help me building this?

This:

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http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJkMXBsaTczBF9TAzM5ODMzNjk2NwRnc3RhdGUDMwRwb3MDMwRzZWMDbndfdG9wc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEdGFyA2NhLm5ld3MueWFob28uY29t/SIG=154hfgagv/**http%3A//ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/20100721-obama_signs_sweeping/**http%3A//ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100721/n_top_news/cnews_us_financial_regulation_obama

should output like this:

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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100721/n_top_news/cnews_us_financial_regulation_obama

-some of the source links have a single asterisk as indicator of the target link:

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...obama_signs_sweeping/*http%3A//ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100721/n_top_news/cnews_us_financial_regulation_obama

-the links are stored on a series of .txt files, so each selected file should produce a fixed, cleaned clone file with a proper identifier (whatever, something like "_CLEANurl".

-such links are listed with separators, and they should be reproduced in the clone files - or at least changed by something under the similar role of a separator.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com1

http://ca.news.yahoo.com2

or

http://ca.news.yahoo.com1


http://ca.news.yahoo.com2

must output at least with

http://ca.news.yahoo.com1
==================
http://ca.news.yahoo.com2
==================

Thanks in advance!

[SkyFrontier]

I've got it.
The following code will read clipboard and clean (with a very impressive accuracy, but not 100% reliable - failed with a link listed below*, not bad if you consider that's one out of 283 links...) Yahoo News URLs (the ones you get with Yahoo Mail/main page).
Thanks for the regEx, Sue!

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   $a = <clipboard>;
   status "Please wait: retrieving info...", BF0000, progress;
   $a = regexreplace($a, ":.*%[\da-f]+", "");
   $a = regexreplace($a, "http", "http:");
   copytext $a; text $a;
   status "Info ready in clipboard, too!";

Later I'll add an offline conversion support.

*Failed with (for obvious reasons):

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http://br.yahoo.com/_ylt=AiRi4eKlMj6sjvzaYOGhkCDK7q5_;_ylc=X3oDMTlkdmh1YTYyBF9TAzIxNDIxNzA4MjYEYQMwNjE2X2NvcGFfdnV2dXplbGF6b191cn
VndWFpbwRjY29kZQN5cmQEY3BvcwMzBGcDaWQtMTA0MzMEaW50bANicgRpdGMDMARsdHh
0A09zaWzDqm5jaW9kYXN2dXZ1emVsYXMEcGtndgM1BHBvcwMwBHNlYwN0ZC1mZWF0BHNsa
wN0aHVtYmxpbmsEc2xwb3MDRgR0YXIDaHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRmcuYnIuZXNwb3J0ZXMueWFo
b28uY29tJTJGZnV0ZWJvbCUyRmNvcGElMkZibG9nJTJGZG9tYXVybyUyRnBvc3QlMkZPLXZ1dn
V6ZWxhem8tdXJ1Z3VhaW8lM0Z1cm4lM0RmYmludGwlMkMyNDg5ODIEdGVzdAM3MDc-/SIG=1
3c77f3pl/**
http%3A//g.br.esportes.yahoo.com/futebol/copa/blog/domauro/post/O-vuvuzelazo-uruguaio%3Furn=fbintl,248982

(splitted the URL to not screw the post.)