Wikipedia:Tools/Browser tools/Lynx/Unix Wikipedia in the shell
Description
: Allows users show a Wikipedia article in the shell using Lynx. Note that these instructions are for Unix operating systems.
Note: This will also work for Links and Elinks.
Instructions
- Using the code from the appropriate box under Code...
- * Bash and ksh users, place it in ~/.bashrc.
- * Csh users, place it in ~/.cshrc.
- * Tcsh users, place it in ~/.tcshrc.
- Specify the skin (optional)
- * Replace 'useskin=chick' after with 'useskin=YOURSKIN', chick is a pretty good choice for terminals.
Code
: ''See Instructions above. This is for bash and ksh users.
function wp { lynx -dump en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"$*"\?useskin=chick | less; }
: ''See Instructions above. This is for csh and tcsh users.
alias wp "lynx -dump en.wikipedia.org/wiki/\!*\?useskin=chick | less"
By default, Lynx will convert all hyperlinks to footnotes. This feature can be distracting, especially for text with many hyperlinks. To disable hyperlink footnotes, add the option -nolist to the Lynx command-line—e.g.,
function wp { lynx -nolist -dump en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"$*"\?useskin=chick | less; }
One can also search Wikipedia from the commandline using surfraw, which will open up the page in the default or a customized browser.