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lynx - a general purpose distributed information browser for the World Wide Web
Lynx [options] [path or URL]
use "lynx -help" to display a complete list of current options.
Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., vt100 terminals, vt100 emulators running on PCs or Macs, or any other "curses-oriented" display). It will display hypertext markup language (HTML) documents con- taining links to files residing on the local system, as well as files residing on remote systems running Gopher, HTTP, FTP, WAIS, and NNTP servers. Current versions of Lynx run on UNIX and VMS. Lynx can be used to access information on the World Wide Web, or to build information systems intended primarily for local access. For example, Lynx has been used to build several Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS). In addition, Lynx can be used to build systems isolated within a single LAN.
At start up, Lynx will load any local file or remote URL specified at
the command line. For help with URLs, press "?" or "h" while running
Lynx. Then follow the link titled, "Help on URL's."
-anonymous
used to specify the anonymous account.
-case
enable case-sensitive string searching.
-cache=NUMBER
set the NUMBER of documents cached in memory. The default is 10.
-cfg=FILENAME
specifies a Lynx configuration file other than the default lynx.cfg.
-display=DISPLAY
set the display variable for X rexeced programs.
-dump
dumps the formatted output of the default document or one specified
on the command line to standard out. Under UNIX this can be used in
the following way: lynx -dump http://info.cern.ch/default.html.
-editor=EDITOR
enable edit mode using the specified EDITOR. (vi, ed, emacs, etc.)
-emacskeys
enable emacs-like key movement.
-fileversions
include all versions of files in local VMS directory listings.
-force_html
forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML.
-ftp
disable ftp access.
-help
print this Lynx command syntax usage message.
-homepage=URL
set homepage separate from start page.
-index=URL
set the default index file to the specified URL.
-localhost
disable URLs that point to remote hosts.
-nobrowse
disable directory browsing.
-noprint
disable print functions.
-nostatus
disable the retrieval status messages.
-print
enable print functions. (default)
-restrictions=[option][,,option]...
allows a list of services to be disabled selectively. The following
list is printed if no options are specified.
all - restricts all options.
bookmark - disallow changing the location of the bookmark file.
default - same as command line option -anonymous. Disables default
services for anonymous users. Currently set to all restricted
except for: inside_telnet, outside_telnet, inside_news,
inside_ftp, outside_ftp, inside_rlogin, outside_rlogin, jump,
mail and goto. Defaults are setable within userdefs.h.
disk_save - disallow saving binary files to disk in the download
menu.
download - disallow downloaders in the download menu.
editor - disallow editing.
exec - disable execution scripts.
exec_frozen - disallow the user from changing the local execution
option.
file_url - disallow using G)oto to go to file: URL's.
goto - disable the 'g' (goto) command.
inside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from inside your domain
(utmp required for selectivity).
inside_news - disallow USENET news posting for people coming from
inside our domain (utmp required for selectivity).
inside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming from inside your
domain (utmp required for selectivity).
inside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming from inside your
domain (utmp required for selectivity).
jump - disable the 'j' (jump) command.
mail - disable mailing feature.
news_post - disable USENET News posting.
options_save - disallow saving options in .lynxrc.
outside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from outside your
domain (utmp required for selectivity).
outside_news - disallow USENET news posting for people coming from
outside your domain (utmp required for selectivity).
outside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming from outside your
domain (utmp required for selectivity).
outside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming from outside your
domain (utmp required for selectivity).
print - disallow most print options.
shell - disallow shell escapes and lynxexec G)oto's.
suspend - disallow Unix Control-Z suspends with escape to shell.
-rlogin
disable recognition of rlogin commands.
-selective
require .www_browsable files to browse directories.
-show_cursor
If enabled the cursor will not be hidden in the right hand corner but
will instead be positioned at the start of the currently selected
link. show cursor is the default for systems without FANCY_CURSES
capabilities, and the default configuration can be changed in
userdefs.h.
-source
works the same as dump but outputs HTML source instead of formatted
text.
-telnet
disable recognition of telnet commands.
-term=TERM
tell Lynx what terminal type to assume its talking to. (This may be
useful for remote execution, when, for example, Lynx connects to a
remote TCP/IP port that starts a script that, in turn, starts another
Lynx process.)
-trace
turns on WWW trace mode.
-version
print version information
-vikeys
enable vi-like key movement.
o Use Up arrow and Down arrow to scroll through hypertext links. o Right arrow or Return will follow a highlighted hypertext link. o Left Arrow will retreat from a link. o Type "h" or "?" for online help and descriptions of key-stroke commands. o Type "k" for a complete list of the current key-stroke command mappings.