WebSearch - a web-searching application demonstrating WWW::Search
WebSearch [-e SearchEngine] [-o option] [-o option...] [-va] query
This program is provides a command-line interface to web search engines, listing all URLs found for a given query. This program also provides a simple demonstration of the WWW::Search Perl library for web searches.
The program current supports a number of search engines; see WWW::Search for a list.
A more sophisticated client is AutoSearch which maintains a change list of found objects.
For examples and hints about searches, see AutoSearch.
-e
Specify the search engine. Capitalization matters. See WWW::Search for a complete list of supported engines.
-o
Specify a search-engine option.
-v
Verbose mode. Enumerate the returned URLs.
-a
Return all URLs. Some different URLs may refer to the same object.
-r
Return the raw entries (HTML).
For the library, see WWW::Search.
For a more sophisticated client, see AutoSearch.
WebSearch is written by John Heidemann, <johnh@isi.edu>.
WebSearch
Copyright (c) 1996-1997 University of Southern California. All rights reserved.
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
To install WWW::Search, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WWW::Search
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WWW::Search
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.