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wikit — Easily get Wikipedia summaries. More information: <https://github.com/KorySchneider/wikit#usage>.

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Problem

How to use the wikit command: Easily get Wikipedia summaries. More information: <https://github.com/KorySchneider/wikit#usage>.

Solution

wikit — Easily get Wikipedia summaries. More information: <https://github.com/KorySchneider/wikit#usage>.

Show a short summary of a specific topic on Wikipedia:
wikit {{topic}}


Specify a language (ISO 639-1 language code):
wikit {{topic}} {{[-l|--lang]}} {{language_code}}


Open the full Wikipedia article in the default browser:
wikit {{topic}} -b


Open a disambiguation menu:
wikit {{topic}} -d

Code Snippets

Show a short summary of a specific topic on Wikipedia

wikit {{topic}}

Specify a language (ISO 639-1 language code)

wikit {{topic}} {{[-l|--lang]}} {{language_code}}

Open the full Wikipedia article in the default browser

wikit {{topic}} -b

Open a disambiguation menu

wikit {{topic}} -d

Context

tldr-pages: common/wikit

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