This is a text-based web browser for Linux/Unix systems which can be used to browse websites. This is similar to other text-based web browsers like Lynx and Links, but has some additional features and capabilities.
– About elinks : lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser
– It comes from “elinks-0.12” package.
Examples:
1. To run on anonymous account
| # elinks -anonymous # elinks -anonymous 0 # elinks -anonymous 1 |
2. To automatically submit the first form in the given URL
| # elinks -auto-sbmit # elinks -auto-sbmit 0 # elinks -auto-sbmit 1 |
3. To use internally when opening ELinks instances in new windows
| # elinks -base-session 2 |
4. To specify the config and runtime state files
| # elinks -config-dir /tmp/ |
5. To Print a configuration file with options
| # elinks -config-dump |
6. To specify Name of the configuration file that all configuration options will be read from and written to
| # elinks -config-file /tmp/elinks.conf |
7. To Print help for configuration options and exit
| # elinks -config-help |
8. The default MIME type used for documents of unknown type
| # elinks -default-mime-type |
9. To ignore all keybindings from configuration files
| # elinks -default-keys 0 # elinks -default-keys 1 |
10. To Print formatted plain-text versions of given URLs to stdout.
| # elinks dump 0 # elinks dump 1 |
11. Codepage used when formatting dump output.
| # elinks -dump-charset |
12. Color mode used with -dump
| # elinks -dump-color-mode |
13. Width of the dump output.
| # elinks -dump-width |
14. To specify configuration file directives on the command-line
| # elinks -eval ´set protocol.file.allow_special_files = 1´ |
15. To make ELinks assume documents of unknown types are HTML
| # elinks -force-html /tmp/mydoc |
16. To display the usage help
| # elinks -h # elinks -? # elinks -help |
17. To Restricts ELinks to work offline and only connect to servers with local addresses
| # elinks -localhost 0 # elinks -localhost 1 |
18. To display the detailed help
| # elinks -long-help |
19. To Look up specified host and print all DNS resolved IP addresses
| # elinks -lookup |
20. To run ELinks as a separate instance instead of connecting to an existing instance
| # elinks -no-connect 0 # elinks -no-connect 1 |
21. To disable creation and use of files in the user specific home configuration directory
| # elinks -no-home 0 # elinks -no-home 1 |
22. To prevents printing of link number in dump output.
| # elinks -no-numbering |
23. To Prevents printing of references
| # elinks -no-references |
24. To control a remote instance of elinks by passing command to it
| # elinks -remote ping 192.168.27.100 # elinks -remote openURL # elinks -remote addBookmark # elinks -remote infoBox # elinks -remote xfeDoCommand |
25. To Print given URLs in source form to stdout
| # elinks -source 0 # elinks -source 1 |
26. To write runtime stats to disk
| # elinks -touch-files 0 # elinks -touch-files 1 |
27. To set to verbose level
| # elinks -verbose 0 # elinks -verbose 1 # elinks -verbose 2 |
28. To get the version info
| # elinks -version |
