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urlcatcmd

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The command line utility urlcatcmd performs URL categorization lookups. The command line utility is located in the directory /opt/phion/bin.

urlcatcmd does not consult the local categorization cache unless called with the options -c or -d. If you want to check the online result against locally cached data, call urlcatcmd with the options -d (--diff).

The first 9.x firmware version that contains the urlcatcmd is release 9.0.5.

Basic Syntax
  • urlcatcmd <URL>

Example

./urlcatcmd www.ripe.com
www.ripe.com: 91, computing-internet

Command Options

Additionally, urlcatcmd provides the following command options:

Trace Option

Meaning

--verbosity <0..10>

Debug log verbosity

--logverbosity <0..10>

Debug log verbosity when writing to log

--tracecategory

Show trace of this category

--logcategory

Log trace of this category

--showcategories

Lists available categories

--tracefile <full path>

Redirect debug output to file

--colortrace

Colorize categories in output

--fullcolortrace

Colorize full lines in output