mathiasbynens / mathiasbynens/dotfiles

`urlencode` is only compatible with Py2

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Description

https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/issues/470#issuecomment-1541346659

Why not update it?

BTW, here's my implementation
```py
alias urlencode='python3 -c "from sys import argv; from urllib.parse import quote_plus as q; print(q(argv[1]))"'
```

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Search the dotfiles for the current `urlencode` alias and inspect how it invokes Python. Compare it with the Python 3 implementation shown in the issue, then verify that the alias works with a representative argument and no longer depends on Python 2.

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Tech stack
python, shell
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cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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