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/ WebSearch

NAME

WebSearch - a web-searching application demonstrating WWW::Search

SYNOPSIS

WebSearch [-m MaxCount] [-e SearchEngine] [-o option] [-o option...] [-arvV] query

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

-e

Specify the search engine. Capitalization matters. See WWW::Search for a complete list of supported engines.

-m max_count

Specify the maximum number of hits to retrieve.

-o

Specify a search-engine option.

-a

Return all URLs. Some different URLs may refer to the same object.

-r

Return the raw entries (HTML).

-v

Verbose mode. Enumerate the returned URLs.

-V

Display version string.

SEE ALSO

For the library, see WWW::Search.

For a more sophisticated client, see AutoSearch.

AUTHOR

WebSearch is written by John Heidemann, <johnh@isi.edu>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1996-1997 University of Southern California. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, advertising materials, and other materials related to such distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed by the University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute. The name of the University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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.