function to decode HTML special characters

lib/sharedFunctions.sh

@@ -514,22 +514,29 @@ progressBar() {
   tput cnorm
 }
 
-# URL encoding/decoding from: https://gist.github.com/cdown/1163649
-urlencode() {
-    # urlencode <string>
+htmlDecode() {
+  # Decode HTML characters with sed
+  # Usage: htmlDecode <string>
+  echo "${1}" | sed -f "${SOURCEPATH}/htmlDecode.sed"
+}
 
-    local length="${#1}"
-    for (( i = 0; i < length; i++ )); do
-        local c="${1:i:1}"
-        case $c in
-            [a-zA-Z0-9.~_-]) printf "$c" ;;
-            *) printf '%%%02X' "'$c"
-        esac
-    done
+
+urlencode() {
+  # URL encoding/decoding from: https://gist.github.com/cdown/1163649
+  # Usage: urlencode <string>
+
+  local length="${#1}"
+  for (( i = 0; i < length; i++ )); do
+      local c="${1:i:1}"
+      case $c in
+          [a-zA-Z0-9.~_-]) printf "$c" ;;
+          *) printf '%%%02X' "'$c"
+      esac
+  done
 }
 
 urldecode() {
-    # urldecode <string>
+    # Usage: urldecode <string>
 
     local url_encoded="${1//+/ }"
     printf '%b' "${url_encoded//%/\x}"