elvi(1)
NAME
elvi - surfraw(1) search tools
SYNOPSIS
surfraw elviname [options] search words ... sr elviname [options] search words ... sr elviname -help sr -elvi
DESCRIPTION
This is the man page for the elvi, a set of search tools that form part
of surfraw(1).
Surfraw provides a fast unix command line interface to a variety of
popular WWW search engines and other artifacts of power. It reclaims
google, altavista, dejanews, freshmeat, research index, slashdot and
many others from the false-prophet, pox-infested heathen lands of
html-forms, placing these wonders where they belong, deep in unix
heartland, as god loving extensions to the shell.
- To search using this elvis, do:
- sr elvisname [options] search terms.
- For example, to search google for information on Debian ports, using the "I'm feeling lucky" option:
sr google -l debian ports- To find out about options specific to this elvis, do:
sr elvisname -help- To find out about surfraw, see the man page for surfraw(1). To see the full list of elvi, do:
sr -elvi- Adding the elvi to your path
- If you are a regular user of surfraw, you will probably get sick of typing sr or surfraw each time. You can regain the old behaviour of running the elvi directly by adding the elvi directory (/usr/lib/surfraw) to your path, either manually or using surfraw-update-path(1).
OPTIONS
Use sr elviname -help for elvi-specific options.
The following options work with all elvi.
-help Show summary of options (including elvi-specific options).
- -version
- Show version of program.
- -browser=EXECUTABLE
- Set browser (default: sensible-browser).
- -elvi Display a list of other Surfraw mechanisms for conquering evil.
- -escape-url-args=yes|no
- Apply url escaping to arguments (default: yes)
- -q|-quote
- Bracket arguments with " characters (default: no) Note that
putting quotes round arguments works now, so you can do, for
example:
sr google foo "bar baz" bam - and the quoting is passed on to the search engine
- -quiet=yes|no
- I can't enjoy it with you talking all the time (default: no)
EXAMPLES
$ sr ask why is jeeves gay?
$ surfraw google -results=100 RMS, GNU, which is sinner, which is sin?
$ sr austlii -method=phrase dog like
$ /usr/lib/surfraw/rhyme -method=perfect Julian
BUGS
Please report any bugs found (or any web sites in need of surfrawizing)
either via the debian bug tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/) or
to the surfraw-devel list (surfraw-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org).
SEE ALSO
http://alioth.debian.org/projects/surfraw/
PROPAGANDA
- Oh Baybe
- I need some
- Deep Linking
- Let us go
- Surfin' in the raw!
- Read HACKING. Surfrawize the soul of your favourite internet wonder. Join the Shell Users' Revolutionary Front Against the WWW by submitting code. Reclaim heathen lands. Bear witness to the truth. Its love will set you free.
- Join us on surfraw-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
AUTHORS
Originally written by Julian Assange.
Now maintained by the surfraw-devel team <surfraw-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>.
See the file AUTHORS for the full list of contributors.
Man page by Ian Beckwith, based on the original README and an earlier
man page for surfraw(1) by Christian Surchi.
COPYRIGHT
- Copyright (c) 2003-2008 The Surfraw-Devel Team
- <surfraw-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
- Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Julian Assange <proff@iq.org>
Copyright (c) 2001 Australian Institute for Collaborative Research
Copyright (c) 2000 Melbourne Institute for Advanced Study - The copyright holders listed above assert no rights on this release of the software ``surfraw'' and thereby explicity place this release into the into the public domain. Do what you will.