LINKS(1) General Commands Manual 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 Does name lookup, like command "host". -force-html Treat files with unknown type as html rather than text. (can be toggled with '\' key) -source Write unformatted data stream to stdout. -dump Write formatted document to stdout. -width For dump, document will be formatted to this screen width (but it can still exceed it if lines can't be broken). -codepage For dump, convert output to specified character set -- for example iso-8859-2, windows-1250. -anonymous Restrict links so that it can run on an anonymous account. No local file browsing. No down‐ loads. Executing of viewers is allowed, but user can't add or modify entries in association ta‐ ble. -no-connect Runs links as a separate instance - instead of connecting to existing instance. -download-dir Default download directory. (default: actual dir) -language Set user interface language. -max-connections Maximum number of concurrent connections. (default: 10) -max-connections-to-host Maximum number of concurrent connection to a given host. (default: 2) -retries Number of retries. (default: 3) -receive-timeout Timeout on receive. (default: 120) -unrestartable-receive-timeout Timeout on non restartable connections. (default: 600) -timeout-when-trying-multiple-addresses Timeout for connection when trying multiple addresses or when resuming a keepalive connection. (default: 3) -bind-address Use a specific local IP address. -bind-address-ipv6 Use a specific local IPv6 address. -no-libevent Don't use libevent library. -no-openmp Don't use OpenMP. -async-dns <0>/<1> Asynchronous DNS resolver on(1)/off(0). -download-utime <0>/<1> Set time of downloaded files to last modification time reported by server. -format-cache-size Number of formatted document pages cached. (default: 5) -memory-cache-size Cache memory in bytes. (default: 1048576) -image-cache-size Cache memory in bytes. (default: 1048576) -font-cache-size 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 and port number of the HTTP proxy, or blank. (default: blank) -ftp-proxy Host and port number of the FTP proxy, or blank. (default: blank) -https-proxy Host and port number of the HTTPS proxy, or blank. (default: blank) -socks-proxy Userid, host and port of Socks4a, or blank. (default: blank) -append-text-to-dns-lookups Append text to dns lookups. It is useful for specifying fixed tor exit node. (default: blank) -no-proxy-domains 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 in‐ valid certificate. -ssl.builtin-certificates <0>/<1> (default 0; on DOS and OpenVMS default 1) Use built-in certificates instead of system certifi‐ cates. -ssl.client-cert-key Name of the PEM encoded file with the user private key for client certificate authentication. -ssl.client-cert-crt Name of the PEM encoded file with the user certificate for client certificate authentication. -ssl.client-cert-password Password for the user private key. -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 ref‐ erer. 3 - send real referer. 4 - send real referer only to the same server. -http.fake-referer Fake referer value. -http.fake-user-agent Fake user agent value. -http.extra-header Extra string added to HTTP header. -ftp.anonymous-password 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 can‐ not exploit possible bugs in the SMB client. -menu-font-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 to store bookmarks. -bookmarks-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 Maximum cookie age in days. 0 - unlimited -display-red-gamma Red gamma of display. (default 2.2) -display-green-gamma Green gamma of display. (default 2.2) -display-blue-gamma Blue gamma of display. (default 2.2) -user-gamma Additional gamma. (default 1) -bfu-aspect 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 Font file for normal text. -font-bold Font file for bold text. -font-monospaced Font file for monospaced text. -font-monospaced-bold Font file for monospaced bold text. -font-italic Font file for italic text. -font-italic-bold Font file for italic bold text. -font-monospaced-italic Font file for monospaced italic text. -font-monospaced-italic-bold Font file for monospaced italc bold text. -html-assume-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 
 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 
              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 
              Margin in text mode.

       -html-user-font-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 (text mode only)

       ^B     copy to clipboard

       ^INS   copy to clipboard

       ^V     paste from clipboard (text mode only)

       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

       ^W     auto complete line

FILES
       ~/.links2/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
       Can't connect to some FTP servers (Novell, NT). Connection stays in "Request sent" state.

       Frames don't work if there's more frames with same name. Turn them off in such case.

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

       You shouldn't press '^Z' when you are in a viewer

       Please report any other bugs you find to Mikulas Patocka 

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 , using excerpts  from  a  (yet?)  unknown
       links fan for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Updated by Karel Kulhavy.

SEE ALSO
       lynx(1), w3m(1)

                                                   Aug, 2006                                          LINKS(1)