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NAME

6       WebSearch - a web-searching application demonstrating WWW::Search
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SYNOPSIS

9       WebSearch [-m MaxCount] [-e SearchEngine] [-o option] [-o option...]
10       [-ardvV] query
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DESCRIPTION

13       This program is provides a command-line interface to web search
14       engines, listing all URLs found for a given query.  This program also
15       provides a simple demonstration of the WWW::Search Perl library for web
16       searches.
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18       The program supports a number of search engines; use WebSearch --list
19       to see which backends are installed.
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21       A more sophisticated client is AutoSearch which maintains a change list
22       of found objects.
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24       For examples and hints about searches, see AutoSearch.
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OPTIONS

27       WebSearch uses Getopt::Long, so you can use double-minus with long
28       option names, or single-minus with one-letter abbreviations.
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30       --engine e_name, -e e_name
31               The string e_name is the name of (the module for) the desired
32               search engine.  Capitalization matters.  See `perldoc
33               WWW::Search` to find out what the default is (probably Null).
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35               Use --list to get a list of installed backends.
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37       --gui, -g
38               Perform the search to mimic the default browser-based search.
39               Not implemented for all backends, see the documentation for
40               each backend.
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42       --list  Prints to STDERR a \n-separated list of installed backends.
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44       --max max_count, -m max_count
45               Specify the maximum number of hits to retrieve.
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47       --option o_string, -o o_string
48               Specify a search-engine option in the form 'key=value' (or just
49               'key').  Can be repeated for as many options are needed.  Keys
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52       --count, -c
53               As the first line of output, print the approximate hit count.
54               As the last line of output, print the actual hit count.
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56       --terse, -t
57               Do not print any URLs.  Only useful if you also specify
58               --count.  If you specify --terse but not --count, there will be
59               no output no matter how many hits are found!
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61       --all, -a
62               For each hit result, print all the URLs that the search engine
63               indicated were equivalent to it.  (Some URLs may refer to the
64               same object.)  Can be combined with --verbose; can not be
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68               For each hit result, print the raw HTML.  Not implemented for
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72               Verbose mode.  Enumerate the returned URLs and show the
73               description, score, date, etc. for each.
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75       --VERSION, -V
76               Print version information and exit immediately.
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78       --debug <i>, -d <i>
79               Display back-end debugging information (with debug level <i>)
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81       --host <hostname.sub.domain>
82               Set the _host option for the WWW::Search object (backend-
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85       --port <i>
86               Set the _port option for the WWW::Search object (backend-
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89       --username <bbunny>
90               Set the username with which to login to the backend.
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93               Set the password with which to login to the backend.
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95       --lwpdebug, -l
96               Display low-level libwww-perl debugging information
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

99       The environment variable http_proxy (or HTTP_PROXY) specifies a proxy,
100       if any.
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SEE ALSO

103       For the library, see WWW::Search.
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105       For a more sophisticated client, see AutoSearch.
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AUTHOR

108       "WebSearch" was written by John Heidemann, <johnh@isi.edu>.
109       "WebSearch" is maintained by Martin Thurn, <mthurn@cpan.org>.
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112       Copyright (c) 1996-1997 University of Southern California.  All rights
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119       acknowledge that the software was developed by the University of
120       Southern California, Information Sciences Institute.  The name of the
121       University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from
122       this software without specific prior written permission.
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125       WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
126       MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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