Press g, then enter ‘g the magpi’ to search for our website in Google. ELinks lacks a graphical mode, but it does have a nifty feature that lets. You can also enter Google search terms in the URL field. Using speedtest-cli on Linux 1) Open a new Terminal window (on most Linux. Note: since you are simply redirecting commands to cmd.exe, it needs to have access to the file your working with.As a consequence the above solution will work when you find yourself in the Windows file system, but probably will fail when you are working with files in Linux partition (i.e. You can enter full URLs, such or just shortened versions, such as .īetter yet, there are a few key bindings for helpful sites. The elinks interface is a full-screen command line web browser, so it replaces the command line. Now you can open the web browser from the command line using: elinks We’re going to use ELinks: sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade sudo yum install curl wget lynx w3m elinks. Set up the ELinks command line web browser 5) Opening a link in a new tab in background: Shift + t or Esc Link Open in new tab in background. We’re going to use ELinks: sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install elinks. 4) Going back: Left arrow of Arrow keys on keyboard or Esc File Go back. Cloud Shell provides command-line access to the virtual machine instance in a terminal window that opens in the Google Cloud console. For, install elinks package, we can open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and use the following command: sudo apt install elinks. Set up the ELinks command line web browser.

There are many different text-based web browsers that enable you to access Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and other websites without having to boot into the PIXEL desktop interface. 3) Opening a web document in ELinks already running: Press g on keyboard or Esc File Go to URL Enter a web address Enter. And it's especially useful when you're working on a headless version of Rasbpian (without the PIXEL desktop interface). Open remote URLsSimilarly, you can visit a remote website by specifying its URL. And it's incredibly useful for searching for help, right inside the command line environment. Open the local fileYou can use the elinks command followed by the local HTML file to view the we2. Getting online from the command line web browser is a lot easier than you’d imagine. This article first appeared in The MagPi 56 and was written by Lucy Hattersley.

If you want to install directly from GIT it is also required that automake and autoconf is installed on your system. One of the advantages when using a desktop interface, like Raspbian, is that a web browser – and a search engine – is just a click away. To successfully install ELinks all that is required is GNU make (version 3.78 or later) and a C compiler. Most people aren't aware that you can access a command line web browser and search the internet from the text-based shell.Īt first glance, a command line web browser doesn't make much sense.

Open elinks terminal