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NAME
     ddgr - DuckDuckGo from the terminal

SYNOPSIS
     ddgr [OPTIONS] [KEYWORD [KEYWORD ...]]

DESCRIPTION
     ddgr is a command-line tool to search DuckDuckGo (html version). ddgr shows
     the  title,  URL  and  text context for each result. Results are fetched in
     pages. Keyboard shortcuts are available for page  navigation.  Results  are
     indexed and a result URL can be opened in a browser using the index number.
     There  is	no configuration file as aliases serve the same purpose for this
     utility. Supports sequential searches in a single instance.

     Features

       * Fast and clean; custom color
       * Designed for maximum readability at minimum space
       * Instant answers (supported by DDG html version)
       * Custom number of results per page
       * Navigation, browser integration
       * Search and option completion scripts (Bash, Fish, Zsh)
       * DuckDuckGo Bangs (along with completion)
       * Open the first result in browser (I'm Feeling Ducky)
       * REPL for continuous searches
       * Keywords (e.g. `filetype:mime`, `site:somesite.com`)
       * Limit search by time, specify region, disable safe search
       * HTTPS proxy support, optionally disable User Agent
       * Do Not Track set by default
       * Supports custom url handler script or cmdline utility
       * Thoroughly documented, man page with examples
       * Minimal dependencies

OPTIONS
     -h, --help
	    Show help text and exit.

     -n, --num=N
	    Show N results per page (default 10). N must be between  0	and  25.
	    N=0 disables fixed paging and shows actual number of results fetched
	    per page.

     -r, --reg=REG
	    Region-specific   search   e.g.  'us-en'  for  US  (default);  visit
	    https://duckduckgo.com/params.

     -C, --nocolor
	    Disable color output.

     --colors=COLORS
	    Set output colors. Refer to the COLORS section below for details.

     -j, --ducky
	    Open the first result in a web browser; implies --noprompt.  Feeling
	    Ducky?

     -t, --time=SPAN
	    Time  limit  search  [d=past  day, w=past week, m=past month, y=past
	    year] (default=any time).

     -w, --site=SITE
	    Search a site using DuckDuckGo.

     -x, --expand
	    Expand URLs instead of showing only the domain name (default).

     -p, --proxy=URI
	    Tunnel  traffic  through  an  HTTP	proxy.	URI  is  of   the   form
	    [http[s]://][user:pwd@]host[:port].  The  proxy  server must support
	    HTTP CONNECT tunneling and must not block port 443 for the	relevant
	    DuckDuckGo	 hosts.   If  a  proxy	is  not  explicitly  given,  the
	    https_proxy or HTTPS_PROXY environment variable  (if  available)  is
	    used instead.

     --unsafe
	    Disable safe search.

     --noua
	    Disable user agent. Results are fetched faster.

     --json
	    Output in JSON format; implies --noprompt.

     --gb, --gui-browser
	    Open a bang directly in a GUI browser.

     --np, --noprompt
	    Perform search and exit; do not prompt for further interactions.

     --rev, --reverse
	    List the entries in reversed order.

     --url-handler=UTIL
	    Custom script or command-line utility to open urls with.

     --show-browser-logs
	    Do	not suppress browser output when opening result in browser; that
	    is, connect stdout and stderr of the browser to  ddgr's  stdout  and
	    stderr  instead  of  /dev/null.  By  default, browser output is sup-
	    pressed (due to certain graphical browsers spewing messages to  con-
	    sole)  unless the BROWSER environment variable is a known text-based
	    browser: elinks, links, lynx, w3m or www-browser.

     -v, --version
	    Show version number and exit.

     -d, --debug
	    Enable debugging.

OMNIPROMPT KEYS
     n, p, f
	    Fetch the next, previous or first set of search results.

     index  Open the result corresponding to index in browser.

     o [index|range|a ...]
	    Open space-separated result indices, numeric ranges or all	indices,
	    if 'a' is specified, in the browser.

     O [index|range|a ...]
	    Works  similar  to	key 'o', but tries to ignore text-based browsers
	    (even if BROWSER is set) and open links in a GUI browser.

     d keywords
	    Initiate a new DuckDuckGo search for keywords with original options.
	    This key should be used to search omniprompt keys (including itself)
	    and indices.

     x	    Toggle url expansion.

     c index
	    Copy url to clipboard.

     q, ^D, double Enter
	    Exit ddgr.

     ?	    Show omniprompt help.

     *	    Any other string initiates a new search with original options.

COLORS
     ddgr allows you to customize the color scheme via a six-letter string, rem-
     iniscent of BSD LSCOLORS. The six letters represent the colors of

     - indices
     - titles
     - URLs
     - metadata/publishing info
     - abstracts
     - prompts

     respectively. The six-letter string is passed in either as the argument to
     the --colors option, or as the value of the environment variable DDGR_COL-
     ORS.

     We offer the following colors/styles:
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       | Letter | Color/Style					    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       | a	| black 					    |
       | b	| red						    |
       | c	| green 					    |
       | d	| yellow					    |
       | e	| blue						    |
       | f	| magenta					    |
       | g	| cyan						    |
       | h	| white 					    |
       | i	| bright black					    |
       | j	| bright red					    |
       | k	| bright green					    |
       | l	| bright yellow 				    |
       | m	| bright blue					    |
       | n	| bright magenta				    |
       | o	| bright cyan					    |
       | p	| bright white					    |
       | A-H	| bold version of the lowercase-letter color	    |
       | I-P	| bold version of the lowercase-letter bright color |
       | x	| normal					    |
       | X	| bold						    |
       | y	| reverse video 				    |
       | Y	| bold reverse video				    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+

     The default colors string is oCdgxy, which stands for

     - bright cyan indices
     - bold green titles
     - yellow URLs
     - cyan metadata/publishing info
     - normal abstracts
     - reverse video prompts

     Note that

     - Bright colors (implemented as \x1b[90m - \x1b[97m) may not  be  available
       in all color-capable terminal emulators;

     - Some terminal emulators draw bold text in bright colors instead;

     - Some  terminal  emulators only distinguish between bold and bright colors
       via a default-off switch.

     Please consult the manual of your terminal emulator as well as
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code for details.

ENVIRONMENT
     BROWSER
	    Overrides  the  default  browser.  Ref:   http://docs.python.org/li-
	    brary/webbrowser.html

     DDGR_COLORS
	    Refer to the COLORS section.

     DISABLE_PROMPT_COLOR
	    Force a plain omniprompt if you are facing issues with colors at the
	    prompt.

     HTTPS_PROXY, https_proxy
	    Refer to the --proxy option.

EXAMPLES
     1.  DuckDuckGo hello world:

	    ddgr hello world

     2.  I'm Feeling Ducky search:

	    ddgr -j lucky ducks

     3.  DuckDuckGo Bang search 'hello world' in Wikipedia:

	    ddgr !w hello world
	    ddgr \!w hello world // bash-specific, need to escape ! on bash

	 Bangs work at the omniprompt too. To look up bangs, visit https://duck-
	 duckgo.com/bang?#bangs-list.

     4.  Bang  alias to fire from the cmdline, open results in a GUI browser and
	 exit:

	    alias bang='ddgr --gb --np'

	    bang !w hello world
	    bang \!w hello world // bash-specific, need to escape ! on bash

     5.  Website specific search:

	    ddgr -w amazon.com digital camera

	 Site specific search continues at omniprompt.

     6.  Search for a specific file type:

	    ddgr instrumental filetype:mp3

     7.  Fetch results on IPL cricket from India in English:

	    ddgr -r in-en IPL cricket

	 To   find   your   region   parameter	 token	  visit    https://duck-
	 duckgo.com/params.

     8.  Search quoted text:

	    ddgr it\'s a \"beautiful world\" in spring

     9.  Show complete urls in search results (instead of only domain name):

	    ddgr -x ddgr

     10. Use a custom color scheme, e.g., one warm color scheme designed for So-
	 larized Dark:

	    ddgr --colors bjdxxy hello world

	    DDGR_COLORS=bjdxxy ddgr hello world

     11. Tunnel  traffic  through an HTTPS proxy, e.g., a local Privoxy instance
	 listening on port 8118:

	    ddgr --proxy localhost:8118 hello world

	 By default the environment variable  https_proxy  (or	HTTPS_PROXY)  is
	 used, if defined.

     12. Look  up n, p, o, O, q, d keywords or a result index at the omniprompt:
	 as the omniprompt recognizes these keys or index strings  as  commands,
	 you need to prefix them with d, e.g.,

	    d n
	    d d keywords
	    d 1

AUTHOR
     Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com>

HOME
     https://github.com/jarun/ddgr

REPORTING BUGS
     https://github.com/jarun/ddgr/issues

LICENSE
     Copyright (C) 2016-2024 Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com>

     License   GPLv3+:	 GNU   GPL   version   3  or  later  <http://gnu.org/li-
     censes/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is
     NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Version 2.2			   29 Dec 2023				 DDGR(1)

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