surfraw:tldr:a081d

surfraw: Open the elvi's results page for a specific search in the browser.

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$ surfraw ${elvi} "${search_terms}"

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This command is using the surfraw search utility to perform a web search from the command line. Let's break down the different elements:

${elvi}: This is a placeholder for a specific "elvi" (short for "elvis") or search engine that surfraw supports. Elvi are separate scripts or plugins that define how to interact with various search engines. It allows surfraw to search using different search engines without needing to know their specific API details. In this command, ${elvi} would be replaced with the desired search engine, like google, duckduckgo, etc.
"${search_terms}": This is a placeholder for the search terms you want to use. It could be any string of words or phrases that you want to search for. Surrounding the variable with double quotes (") is usually done to handle cases where the search terms contain spaces or special characters. ${search_terms} would be replaced with the actual search query you wish to use.

So, when you use this command, you need to replace ${elvi} with the desired search engine and ${search_terms} with the specific words or phrases you want to search for.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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