1ELVI(1sr)                                                            ELVI(1sr)
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NAME

6       elvi - surfraw(1) search tools
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SYNOPSIS

10       surfraw elviname [options] search words ...
11       sr elviname [options] search words ...
12       sr elviname -help
13       sr -elvi
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DESCRIPTION

17       This is the man page for the elvi, a set of search tools that form part
18       of surfraw(1).
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20       Surfraw provides a fast unix command line interface  to  a  variety  of
21       popular  WWW  search  engines and other artifacts of power. It reclaims
22       google, altavista, dejanews, freshmeat, research  index,  slashdot  and
23       many others from the false‐prophet, pox‐infested heathen lands of html‐
24       forms, placing these wonders where they belong, deep in unix heartland,
25       as god loving extensions to the shell.
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27       To search using this elvis, do:
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29        sr elvisname [options] search terms.
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31       For  example,  to  search google for information on Debian ports, using
32       the "I'm feeling lucky" option:
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34        sr google -l debian ports
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36       To find out about options specific to this elvis, do:
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38        sr elvisname -local-help
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40       To find out about surfraw, see the man page for surfraw(1).  To see the
41       full list of elvi, do:
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46   Adding the elvi to your path
47       If  you  are  a  regular user of surfraw, you will probably get sick of
48       typing sr or surfraw each time. You can regain  the  old  behaviour  of
49       running   the   elvi   directly   by   adding  the  elvi  directory  (‐
50       /usr/libexec/surfraw)  to  your  path,   either   manually   or   using
51       surfraw-update-path(1).
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OPTIONS

55       Use  sr elviname -local-help for elvi‐specific options.
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57       The following options work with all elvi.
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60       -help  Show summary of options (including elvi‐specific options).
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68              Show version of program.
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71       -browser=EXECUTABLE
72              Set browser (default: sensible-browser).
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75       -elvi  Display a list of other Surfraw mechanisms for conquering evil.
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78       -escape-url-args=yes|no
79              Apply url escaping to arguments (default: yes)
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82       -q|-quote
83              Bracket  arguments  with  "  characters  (default: no) Note that
84              putting quotes round arguments works now, so  you  can  do,  for
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87               sr google foo "bar baz" bam
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89              and the quoting is passed on to the search engine
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EXAMPLES

93        $ sr ask why is jeeves gay?
94        $ surfraw google -results=100 RMS, GNU, which is sinner, which is sin?
95        $ sr austlii -method=phrase dog like
96        $ /usr/libexec/surfraw/rhyme -method=perfect Julian
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BUGS

100       Please report any bugs found (or any web sites in need of surfrawizing)
101       either via the debian bug tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/)  or
102       to the surfraw-devel list (surfraw-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org).
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SEE ALSO

106       http://alioth.debian.org/projects/surfraw/
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PROPAGANDA

110                                      Oh Baybe
111                                     I need some
112                                    Deep Linking
113                                      Let us go
114                                 Surfin' in the raw!
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116       Read  HACKING.  Surfrawize  the soul of your favourite internet wonder.
117       Join the Shell Users' Revolutionary Front Against the WWW by submitting
118       code.   Reclaim  heathen  lands.   Bear witness to the truth.  Its love
119       will set you free.
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121       Join us on surfraw-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
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AUTHORS

125       Originally written by Julian Assange.
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127       Now     maintained     by      the      surfraw-devel      team      <‐
128       surfraw-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>.
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130       See the file AUTHORS for the full list of contributors.
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132       Man  page  by Ian Beckwith, based on the original README and an earlier
133       man page for surfraw(1) by Christian Surchi.
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137         Copyright (c) 2003‐2010 The Surfraw-Devel Team
138                                  <surfraw-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
139         Copyright (c) 2000‐2001 Julian Assange <proff@iq.org>
140         Copyright (c) 2001 Australian Institute for Collaborative Research
141         Copyright (c) 2000 Melbourne Institute for Advanced Study
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143       The copyright holders listed above assert no rights on this release  of
144       the  software ``surfraw'' and thereby explicity place this release into
145       the into the public domain. Do what you will.
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149                                 Feb 03, 2004                        ELVI(1sr)
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