diff --git a/expand-urls.sh b/expand-urls.sh
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--- /dev/null
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# vim: set ts=4 sw=4
+
+test -s $1 || exit
+test ${1##*.} = 'txt' || exit
+
+temp=$(mktemp "$1.XXXX")
+
+IFS='|'
+while read -r id date text
+do
+	url=$(echo $text | grep --only-matching --perl-regexp "http(s?):\/\/[^ \"\(\)\<\>]*")
+	expandedURL=$(curl "$url" -m5 -s -L -I -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}')
+	t=${text/$url/$expandedURL}
+	echo "$id|$date|$t"
+done < $1 > $temp
+
+mv $temp $1