Line Mode Browser Commands
The following commands are available at the prompt within WWW
Line Mode Browser when used in interactive mode. Not all of them are
applicable at all times, but the online help shows which commands can be
used at a particular moment. All commands may be abbreviated and case is
not significant. As an example, you can type "put" as:
pu, put, Put, PUT, etc.
If the browser is run in "multi threaded" mode, then you can type in a new
command at all times. You do not have to wait until a command is terminated.
All requests can be interrupted by hitting 'z' (or 'Z') and then return:
z <RETURN>
When run in single threaded mode using the
-single command line option, it is
not possible to interrupt a request.
Getting Help
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help, ?
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Gives a list of available commands depending on the context, the version
number of the www program, and the
hypertext address, (or URL)
of the document you are reading.
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manual
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Jumps directly to the master document of the online manual.
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verbose
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Toggles verbose mode (for maintenance purposes).
Getting around in a document
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<return>
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Just hitting Return displays the next page (if any) of the current document.
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top, bottom
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Goes to the top or the bottom of the current document
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up, down
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Scrolls up or down one page in the current document.
Load a Document
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<number>
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Typing a number by itself follows the corresponding reference from the currently
displayed document.
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back
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Goes back to the document you were reading before.
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forward
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Goes to the next document in the history list if any.
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goto <address>
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Goes to the document represented by the given hypertext address, which is
interpreted relatively to the current document.
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home
-
Goes back to the first document you were reading.
Search a Document
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find, keyword <keywords>
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Queries the current index with the supplied keywords (separated by blanks).
The interpretation of the keywords depends on the particular information
server you're looking at. In most cases, it will search a database for entries
matching the keywords, and will display the results with possibly links to
further details. For more complex queries, instructions should be present
in the cover page. The "Find" (or "Keywords") command can be omitted if the
first keyword does not conflict with another www command.
Upload a Document to a remote server
In version 3.1 and later of the Line Mode Browser you can send a document
to a remote HTTP server using PUT or POST.
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put
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Put a document (PUT) to remote HTTP server. You can either put a file on
your local file system, or from a remote HTTP server. An example is:
put
Source: http://www.w3.org
Destination: http://www.my.server
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post
-
Post a document (POST) to remote HTTP server. As for PUT you can either post
a file on your local file system, or from a remote HTTP server. The syntax
is the same as for PUT.
Delete a Document on a remote server
You can also use the DELETE method in the Line Mode browser to remove a document
on a remote HTTP server.
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delete
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Deletes a document (DELETE) on remote HTTP server. Example
delete
URL to delete: http://www.w3.org
Killer Features
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clear
-
Clears the history list
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list
-
Gives a numbered list of the links from the current document, giving the
title of the target documents if it is known otherwise the URL To follow
a link, type the number by itself as above. By using
source, only the URL's are displayed.
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quit, exit
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Leaves the application.
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recall [ n ]
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Without a parameter (n), "recall" gives a numbered list of the documents
you have visited. To select one, type "recall" followed by the number.
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refresh
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Refresh the screen
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reload
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Forces a full reload of the document regardless of whether the object might
already be in either the memory cache or in the local file cache.
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source
-
Followed by another command, causes raw source to be generated for that command
but without any MIME headers wrapped around it. This is useful for printing
postscript files without formatting, with SOURCE PRINT.
On Unix versions, the following extra commands are available:
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print
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Prints the current document, without the numbered document references. A
background www is launched to do that, and its output is piped to the command
defined by the environment variable WWW_PRINT_COMMAND ("lpr" by default).
Can be used with source .
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> <file>
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Saves the current document to the given file, without the numbered document
references. A background www is launched to do that. If the file exists,
a ">!" will overwrite it. Can be used with
source .
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>> <file>
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Appends the current document to the given file without the numbered links.
Can be used with source.
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| <command>
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Pipes the current document to the given command, without the numbered document
references. A background www is launched to do that. Can be used with
source .
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! <command>
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Executes the given shell command without leaving www.
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cd, lcd <directory>
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Changes the local working directory. "! cd directory" won't do this because
it applies to a subshell.
Tim BL, and
Henrik Frystyk,
libwww@w3.org, @(#) $Id: Date Author State
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