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LINKS(1) User Commands LINKS(1)

NAME

links - lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser

SYNOPSIS

links [options] URL

DESCRIPTION

links is a text mode WWW browser with ncurses interface, supporting
colors, correct table rendering, background downloading, menu driven
configuration interface and slim code.

Frames are supported. You can have different file formats associated
with external viewers. mailto: and telnet: are supported via external
clients.

links can handle local (file://) or remote (http:// or ftp://) URLs.

OPTIONS

Most options can be set in the user interface or config file, so
usually you do not need to care about them.

-help Print a help screen

-version
Prints the links version number and exit.

-lookup <hostname>
Does name lookup, like command "host".

-g Run Links in graphics mode. If not given, Links will run in
text mode. Running in graphics mode means that Links will
probe all compiled-in graphics devices and run on the first
found. If none found, links will not run in graphics mode.
This option works only if --enable-graphics was given to
./configure.

-no-g Run in text mode (overrides previous -g).

-driver <driver name>
Graphics driver to use. Drivers are: x, svgalib, fb, directfb,
pmshell, atheos. List of drivers will be shown if you give it
an unknown driver. Available drivers depend on your operating
system and available libraries.

-mode <parameter>
Pass a parameter to the graphics driver. On SVGAlib, this is
widthxheightxdepth, (where depth is 16, 256, 32K, 64K, 16M or
16M32) and defines the graphics mode, on X the format is
WIDTHxHEIGHT and defines the window size.

-display <x-display>
Set Xwindow display.

-force-html
Treat files with unknown type as html rather than text. (can
be toggled with '\' key)

-source <url>
Write unformatted data stream to stdout.

-dump <url>
Write formatted document to stdout.

-width <number>
For dump, document will be formatted to this screen width (but
it can still exceed it if lines can't be broken).

-codepage <codepage>
For dump, convert output to specified character set -- for
eaxmple iso-8859-2, windows-1250.

-anonymous
Restrict links so that it can run on an anonymous account. No
local file browsing. No downloads. Executing of viewers is
allowed, but user can't add or modify entries in association
table.

-no-connect
Runs links as a separate instance - instead of connecting to
existing instance.

-download-dir <path>
Default download directory. (default: actual dir)

-language <language>
Set user interface language.

-max-connections <max>
Maximum number of concurrent connections. (default: 10)

-max-connections-to-host <max>
Maximum number of concurrent connection to a given host.
(default: 2)

-retries <retry>
Number of retries. (default: 3)

-receive-timeout <sec>
Timeout on receive. (default: 120)

-unrestartable-receive-timeout <sec>
Timeout on non restartable connections. (default: 600)

-timeout-when-trying-multiple-addresses <sec>
Timeout for connection when trying multiple addresses or when
resuming a keepalive connection. (default: 3)

-bind-address <ip address or interface name>
Use a specific local IP address.

-bind-address-ipv6 <ipv6 address or interface name>
Use a specific local IPv6 address.

-no-libevent
Don't use libevent library.

-no-openmp
Don't use OpenMP.

-download-utime <0>/<1>
Set time of downloaded files to last modification time
reported by server.

-format-cache-size <num>
Number of formatted document pages cached. (default: 5)

-memory-cache-size <bytes>
Cache memory in bytes. (default: 1048576)

-image-cache-size <bytes>
Cache memory in bytes. (default: 1048576)

-font-cache-size <bytes>
Cache memory in bytes. (default: 2097152)

-aggressive-cache <0>/<1>
Always cache everything regardless of server's caching
recomendations. Many servers deny caching even if their
content is not changing just to get more hits and more money
from ads.

-address-preference <0>/<1>/<2>/<3>/<4>
(default 0) 0 - use system default. 1 - prefer IPv4. 2 -
prefer IPv6. 3 - use only IPv4. 4 - use only IPv6.

-http-proxy <host:port>
Host and port number of the HTTP proxy, or blank. (default:
blank)

-ftp-proxy <host:port>
Host and port number of the FTP proxy, or blank. (default:
blank)

-https-proxy <host:port>
Host and port number of the HTTPS proxy, or blank. (default:
blank)

-socks-proxy <user@host:port>
Userid, host and port of Socks4a, or blank. (default: blank)

-append-text-to-dns-lookups <text>
Append text to dns lookups. It is useful for specifying fixed
tor exit node. (default: blank)

-no-proxy-domains <domain,domain...>
No proxy for specified domains. (default: blank)

-only-proxies <0>/<1>
"1" causes that Links won't initiate any non-proxy connection.
It is useful for anonymization with tor or similar networks.

-ssl.certificates <0>/<1>/<2>
(default 1) 0 - ignore invalid certificate. 1 - warn on
invalid certificate. 2 - reject invalid certificate.

-ssl.builtin-certificates <0>/<1>
(default 0; on DOS and OpenVMS default 1) Use built-in
certificates instead of system certificates.

-ssl.client-cert-key <filename>
Name of the PEM encoded file with the user private key for
client certificate authentication.

-ssl.client-cert-crt <filename>
Name of the PEM encoded file with the user certificate for
client certificate authentication.

-ssl.client-cert-password <text>
Password for the user private key.

-async-dns <0>/<1>
Asynchronous DNS resolver on(1)/off(0).

-dns-over-https <url>
DNS over HTTPS url.

-http-bugs.http10 <0>/<1>
(default 0) "1" forces using only HTTP/1.0 protocol. (useful
for buggy servers that claim to be HTTP/1.1 compliant but are
not) "0" enables using both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1.

-http-bugs.allow-blacklist <0>/<1>
(default 1) "1" defaults to using list of servers that have
broken HTTP/1.1 support. When links finds such server, it
will retry the request with HTTP/1.0.

-http-bugs.bug-no-accept-charset <0>/<1>
(default 0) Do not send Accept-Charset field of HTTP header.
Because it is too long some servers will deny the request.
Other servers will convert content to plain ascii when Accept-
Charset is missing.

-http-bugs.no-compression <0>/<1>
(default 0) "1" causes that links won't advertise HTTP
compression support (but it will still accept compressed
data). Use it when you communicate with server that has broken
compression support.

-http-bugs.retry-internal-errors <0>/<1>
(default 0) Retry on internal server errors (50x).

-http.fake-firefox <0>/<1>
(default 0) Fake that the browser is Firefox in the HTTP
header.

-http.do-not-track <0>/<1>
(default 0) Send "do not track" request in the HTTP header.

-http.referer <0>/<1>/<2>/<3>/<4>
(default 0) 0 - do not send referer. 1 - send the requested
URL as referer. 2 - send fake referer. 3 - send real
referer. 4 - send real referer only to the same server.

-http.fake-referer <string>
Fake referer value.

-http.fake-user-agent <string>
Fake user agent value.

-http.extra-header <string>
Extra string added to HTTP header.

-ftp.anonymous-password <string>
Password for anonymous ftp access.

-ftp.use-passive <0>/<1>
Use ftp PASV command to bypass firewalls.

-ftp.use-erpt-epsv <0>/<1>
Use EPRT and EPSV commands instead of PORT and PASV.

-ftp.set-iptos <0>/<1>
Set IP Type-of-service to high throughput on ftp connections.

-smb.allow-hyperlinks-to-smb <0>/<1>
Allow hyperlinks to SMB protocol. Disabling this improves
security, because internet sites cannot exploit possible bugs
in the SMB client.

-menu-font-size <size>
Size of font in menu.

-menu-background-color 0xRRGGBB
Set menu background color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex.

-menu-foreground-color 0xRRGGBB
Set menu foreground color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex.

-scroll-bar-area-color 0xRRGGBB
Set color of scroll bar area. RRGGBB are hex.

-scroll-bar-bar-color 0xRRGGBB
Set color of scroll bar. RRGGBB are hex.

-scroll-bar-frame-color 0xRRGGBB
Set color of scroll bar frame. RRGGBB are hex.

-bookmarks-file <file>
File to store bookmarks.

-bookmarks-codepage <codepage>
Character set of bookmarks file.

-save-url-history <0>/<1>
Save URL history on exit.

-enable-cookies <0>/<1>
Enable cookies.

-save-cookies <0>/<1>
Save cookies on exit.

-max-cookie-age <fp-value>
Maximum cookie age in days. 0 - unlimited

-display-red-gamma <fp-value>
Red gamma of display. (default 2.2)

-display-green-gamma <fp-value>
Green gamma of display. (default 2.2)

-display-blue-gamma <fp-value>
Blue gamma of display. (default 2.2)

-user-gamma <fp-value>
Additional gamma. (defult 1)

-bfu-aspect <fp-value>
Display aspect ration.

-dither-letters <0>/<1>
Do letter dithering.

-dither-images <0>/<1>
Do image dithering.

-display-optimize <0>/<1>/<2>
Optimize for CRT (0), LCD RGB (1), LCD BGR (2).

-gamma-correction <0>/<1>/<2>
Type of gamma correction: (default 2) 0 - 8-bit (fast). 1 -
16-bit (slow). 2 - automatically detect according to speed of
FPU.

-overwrite-instead-of-scroll <0>/<1>
Overwrite the screen instead of scrolling it (valid for
svgalib and framebuffer). Overwriting may or may not be
faster, depending on hardware.

-font <file>
Font file for normal text.

-font-bold <file>
Font file for bold text.

-font-monospaced <file>
Font file for monospaced text.

-font-monospaced-bold <file>
Font file for monospaced bold text.

-font-italic <file>
Font file for italic text.

-font-italic-bold <file>
Font file for italic bold text.

-font-monospaced-italic <file>
Font file for monospaced italic text.

-font-monospaced-italic-bold <file>
Font file for monospaced italc bold text.

-html-assume-codepage <codepage>
Use the given codepage when the webpage did not specify its
codepage. (default: ISO 8859-1)

-html-hard-assume <0>/<1>
Use always character set from "-html-assume-codepage" no
matter what server sent.

-html-tables <0>/<1>
Render tables. (0) causes tables being rendered like in lynx.

-html-frames <0>/<1>
Render frames. (0) causes frames rendered like in lynx.

-html-break-long-lines <0>/<1>
Break long lines in <pre> sections.

-html-images <0>/<1>
Display links to unnamed images as [IMG]

-html-image-names <0>/<1>
Display filename of an image instead of [IMG].

-html-display-images <0>/<1>
Display images in graphics mode.

-html-image-scale <percent>
Scale images in graphics mode.

-html-bare-image-autoscale <0>/<1>
Autoscale images displayed in full screen.

-html-numbered-links <0>/<1>
Number links in text mode. Allow quick link selection by
typing link number and enter.

-html-table-order <0>/<1>
In text mode, walk through table by rows (0) or columns (1).

-html-auto-refresh <0>/<1>
Process refresh to other page (1), or display link to that
page (0).

-html-target-in-new-window <0>/<1>
Allow opening new windows from html.

-html-margin <number of spaces>
Margin in text mode.

-html-user-font-size <size>
Size of font on pages in graphics mode.

-html-text-color <0>-<15>
Text color in text mode.

-html-link-color <0>-<15>
Link color in text mode.

-html-background-color <0>-<7>
Background color in text mode.

-html-ignore-document-color <0>/<1>
Ignore colors specified in html document in text mode.

-html-g-text-color 0xRRGGBB
Text color in graphics mode.

-html-g-link-color 0xRRGGBB
Link color in graphics mode.

-html-g-background-color 0xRRGGBB
Background color in graphics mode.

-html-g-ignore-document-color <0>/<1>
Ignore colors specified in html document in graphics mode.

More options can be seen with links -h

NAVIGATION KEYS

The keys you may use while navigating are

ESC menu/escape

F9 menu

F10 file menu

TAB next frame

PGDN page down

Space page down

PGUP page up

b page up

CursorDOWN
next link/down

CursorUP
prev link/up

INS scroll up

^P scroll up

DEL scroll down

^N scroll down

[ scroll left

] scroll right

HOME home

END end of page

CursorRIGHT
enter link/press button

ENTER enter link/press button

CursorLEFT
go back

d download link

/ search in the page

? search back in the page

n find next match

N find next match backwards

f zoom actual frame

^R reload page

g go to URL

G edit the current URL and goto the result

^G edit the current link and goto the result

s bookmark manager

q quit, close window if more windows are open

Q quit without asking

= document information

\ toggle HTML source/rendered view

EDITING KEYS

The following keys can be used while editing a line/jumping to a URL:

CursorRIGHT
move right

CursorLEFT
move left

HOME jump at the beginning

^A jump at the beginning

END jump at the end

^E jump at the end

^X cut to clipboard

^B copy to clipboard

^V paste from clipboard

ENTER enter line

BACKSPACE
delete back character

^H delete back character

DEL delete character

^D delete character

^U delete from beginning of the line

^K delete to the end of the line or delete line (in textarea)

^W auto complete line

FILES

~/.links/links.cfg
Per-user configfile, automatically created by links.

PLATFORMS

links is known to work on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, IRIX, HPUX,
Digital Unix, AIX, OS/2, BeOS and Win32.

BUGS

You can't upload large files; it takes _lots_ of memory.

Please report any other bugs you find to Mikulas Patocka
<mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>

LICENSE

links is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.

AUTHOR

links was written by Mikulas Patocka, Karel 'Clock' Kulhavy, Petr
'Brain' Kulhavy, and Martin 'PerM' Pergel. See file AUTHORS for a
list of people contributing to this project.

The homepage of links can be found at http://links.twibright.com/

This manual page was written by Peter Gervai <grin@tolna.net>, using
excerpts from a (yet?) unknown links fan for the Debian GNU/Linux
system (but may be used by others). Updated by Karel Kulhavy.