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6 elvi - surfraw(1) search tools
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10 surfraw elviname [options] search words ...
11 sr elviname [options] search words ...
12 sr elviname -help
13 sr -elvi
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17 This is the man page for the elvi, a set of search tools that form part
18 of surfraw(1).
19 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.
26 To search using this elvis, do:
28 sr elvisname [options] search terms.
30 For example, to search google for information on Debian ports, using
32 the "I'm feeling lucky" option:
33 sr google -l debian ports
35 To find out about options specific to this elvis, do:
37 sr elvisname -local-help
39 To find out about surfraw, see the man page for surfraw(1). To see the
41 full list of elvi, do:
42 sr -elvi
44 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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55 Use sr elviname -local-help for elvi‐specific options.
56 The following options work with all elvi.
58 -help Show summary of options (including elvi‐specific options).
61 -local-help
64 Show elvi‐specific options.
65 -version
68 Show version of program.
69 -browser=EXECUTABLE
72 Set browser (default: sensible-browser).
73 -elvi Display a list of other Surfraw mechanisms for conquering evil.
76 -escape-url-args=yes|no
79 Apply url escaping to arguments (default: yes)
80 -q|-quote
83 Bracket arguments with " characters (default: no) Note that
84 putting quotes round arguments works now, so you can do, for
85 example:
86 sr google foo "bar baz" bam
88 and the quoting is passed on to the search engine
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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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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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106 http://alioth.debian.org/projects/surfraw/
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110 Oh Baybe
111 I need some
112 Deep Linking
113 Let us go
114 Surfin' in the raw!
115 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.
120 Join us on surfraw-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
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125 Originally written by Julian Assange.
126 Now maintained by the surfraw-devel team <‐
128 surfraw-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>.
129 See the file AUTHORS for the full list of contributors.
131 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
142 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.
146 Feb 03, 2004 ELVI(1sr)