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surfraw — Query a variety of web search engines. Consists of a collection of elvi, each of which knows how to

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Problem

How to use the surfraw command: Query a variety of web search engines. Consists of a collection of elvi, each of which knows how to search a website. More information: <https://manned.org/surfraw>.

Solution

surfraw — Query a variety of web search engines. Consists of a collection of elvi, each of which knows how to search a website. More information: <https://manned.org/surfraw>.

Display the list of supported website search scripts (elvi):

surfraw -elvi

Open the elvi's results page for a specific search in the browser:

surfraw {{elvi_name}} "{{search_terms}}"

Display an elvi description and its specific options:

surfraw {{elvi_name}} {{[-lh|-local-help]}}

Search using an elvi with specific options and open the results page in the browser:

surfraw {{elvi_name}} {{elvi_options}} "{{search_terms}}"

Display the URL to the elvi's results page for a specific search:

surfraw -print {{elvi_name}} "{{search_terms}}"

Search using the alias:

sr {{elvi_name}} "{{search_terms}}"

Code Snippets

Display the list of supported website search scripts (elvi)

surfraw -elvi

Open the elvi's results page for a specific search in the browser

surfraw {{elvi_name}} "{{search_terms}}"

Display an elvi description and its specific options

surfraw {{elvi_name}} {{[-lh|-local-help]}}

Search using an elvi with specific options and open the results page in the browser

surfraw {{elvi_name}} {{elvi_options}} "{{search_terms}}"

Display the URL to the elvi's results page for a specific search

surfraw -print {{elvi_name}} "{{search_terms}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/surfraw

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