1 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Dd
 2 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Dt WS 1
 3 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Sh NAME
 4 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Nm ws
 5 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Nd web search
 6 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Sh SYNOPSIS
 7 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Nm
 8 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Ar query ...
 9 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Sh DESCRIPTION
10 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Nm
11 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o sends the query to a web search engine
12 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Pq default DuckDuckGo
13 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o and prints the results to the standard output.
14 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Sh EXAMPLE
15 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Pp
16 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o Find the Plan 9 Foundation home page:
17 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Dl ws Plan 9 foundation
18 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Pp
19 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o Search the web for motorcycle parts for
20 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o Yamaha's discontinued dual-sport motorcycle:
21 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Bd -literal -offset Ds
22 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o ws '"wr250r parts"' Australia
23 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Ed
24 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Pp
25 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o The first two keywords are quoted
26 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o to include search results containing both
27 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Dq wr250r
28 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o and
29 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Dq parts .
30 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o This is again enclosed in single quotes to ensure
31 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Xr sh 1
32 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o does not interpret its own quote characters.
33 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Sh EXIT STATUS
34 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Ex
35 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Sh SEE ALSO
36 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Xr curl 1 ,
37 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Xr awk 1 ,
38 d195ecc2 2024-09-16 o .Lk https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/features/non-javascript/ How To Use the Non-JavaScript Version of DuckDuckGo Search