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+surl (URL shortener)
+
+surl is a URL shortening command line application that supports
+various sites. It supports stdin or filename input. It grabs the
+URLs, converts them, and returns the same text that was used in the
+input. It is known to work with a few services, such as tinyurl.com,
+is.gd, and others.
+
+surl hasn't been updated in a few years, so not all of the services
+it supports are still functional due to changes in the services' APIs.
+The known non-working services have been disabled in this SlackBuild.
+
+Note: Another "surl" project exists, on github. It's a service, not a
+client like this surl.