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NAME
       WebSearch - a web-searching application demonstrating WWW::Search

SYNOPSIS
       WebSearch [-m MaxCount] [-e SearchEngine] [-o option] [-o option...]
       [-ardvV] query

DESCRIPTION
       This program is provides a command-line interface to web search
       engines, listing all URLs found for a given query.  This program also
       provides a simple demonstration of the WWW::Search Perl library for web
       searches.

       The program supports a number of search engines; use WebSearch --list
       to see which backends are installed.

       A more sophisticated client is AutoSearch which maintains a change list
       of found objects.

       For examples and hints about searches, see AutoSearch.

OPTIONS
       WebSearch uses Getopt::Long, so you can use double-minus with long
       option names, or single-minus with one-letter abbreviations.

       --engine e_name, -e e_name
               The string e_name is the name of (the module for) the desired
               search engine.  Capitalization matters.  See `perldoc
               WWW::Search` to find out what the default is (probably Null).

               Use --list to get a list of installed backends.

       --gui, -g
               Perform the search to mimic the default browser-based search.
               Not implemented for all backends, see the documentation for
               each backend.

       --list  Prints to STDERR a \n-separated list of installed backends.

       --max max_count, -m max_count
               Specify the maximum number of hits to retrieve.

       --option o_string, -o o_string
               Specify a search-engine option in the form 'key=value' (or just
               'key').  Can be repeated for as many options are needed.  Keys
               can be repeated.

       --count, -c
               As the first line of output, print the approximate hit count.
               As the last line of output, print the actual hit count.

       --terse, -t
               Do not print any URLs.  Only useful if you also specify
               --count.  If you specify --terse but not --count, there will be
               no output no matter how many hits are found!

       --all, -a
               For each hit result, print all the URLs that the search engine
               indicated were equivalent to it.  (Some URLs may refer to the
               same object.)  Can be combined with --verbose; can not be
               combined with --raw.

       --raw, -r
               For each hit result, print the raw HTML. Not implemented for
               all backends.

       --verbose, -v
               Verbose mode.  Enumerate the returned URLs and show the
               description, score, date, etc. for each.

       --VERSION, -V
               Print version information and exit immediately.

       --debug <i>, -d <i>
               Display back-end debugging information (with debug level <i>)

       --host <hostname.sub.domain>
               Set the _host option for the WWW::Search object (backend-
               dependent).

       --port <i>
               Set the _port option for the WWW::Search object (backend-
               dependent).

       --username <bbunny>
               Set the username with which to login to the backend.

       --password <c4rr0t5>
               Set the password with which to login to the backend.

       --lwpdebug, -l
               Display low-level libwww-perl debugging information

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The environment variable http_proxy (or HTTP_PROXY) specifies a proxy,
       if any.

SEE ALSO
       For the library, see WWW::Search.

       For a more sophisticated client, see AutoSearch.

AUTHOR
       "WebSearch" was written by John Heidemann, <johnh@isi.edu>.
       "WebSearch" is maintained by Martin Thurn, <mthurn@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 1996-1997 University of Southern California.  All rights
       reserved.

       Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
       provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
       duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, advertising
       materials, and other materials related to such distribution and use
       acknowledge that the software was developed by the University of
       Southern California, Information Sciences Institute.  The name of the
       University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from
       this software without specific prior written permission.

       THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
       WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
       MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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