# www-browser(1) - man - phpMan [LINKS(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/LINKS/1/markdown) General Commands Manual [LINKS(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/LINKS/1/markdown) ## 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 ### -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, win‐ dows-1250. ### -anonymous Restrict links so that it can run on an anonymous account. No local file browsing. No downloads. Executing of viewers is allowed, but user can't add or modify entries in association table. ### -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 Asynchronous DNS resolver [on(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/on/1/markdown)/[off(0)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/off/0/markdown). ### -download-utime 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 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 (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. (de‐ fault: blank) ### -no-proxy-domains No proxy for specified domains. (default: blank) ### -only-proxies "1" causes that Links won't initiate any non-proxy connection. It is useful for anonymization with tor or similar networks. ### -ssl.certificates (default 1) 0 - ignore invalid certificate. 1 - warn on invalid certificate. 2 - re‐ ject invalid certificate. ### -ssl.builtin-certificates (default 0; on DOS and OpenVMS default 1) Use built-in certificates instead of system certificates. ### -ssl.client-cert-key Name of the PEM encoded file with the user private key for client certificate authen‐ tication. ### -ssl.client-cert-crt Name of the PEM encoded file with the user certificate for client certificate authen‐ tication. ### -ssl.client-cert-password Password for the user private key. ### -http-bugs.http10 (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 (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 (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 (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 (default 0) Retry on internal server errors (50x). ### -http.fake-firefox (default 0) Fake that the browser is Firefox in the HTTP header. ### -http.do-not-track (default 0) Send "do not track" request in the HTTP header. ### -http.referer (default 0) 0 - do not send referer. 1 - send the requested URL as referer. 2 - send fake referer. 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 Use ftp PASV command to bypass firewalls. ### -ftp.use-erpt-epsv Use EPRT and EPSV commands instead of PORT and PASV. ### -ftp.set-iptos Set IP Type-of-service to high throughput on ftp connections. ### -smb.allow-hyperlinks-to-smb Allow hyperlinks to SMB protocol. Disabling this improves security, because internet sites cannot exploit possible bugs in the SMB client. ### -menu-font-size Size of font in menu. ### -menu-background-color Set menu background color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex. ### -menu-foreground-color Set menu foreground color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex. ### -scroll-bar-area-color Set color of scroll bar area. RRGGBB are hex. ### -scroll-bar-bar-color Set color of scroll bar. RRGGBB are hex. ### -scroll-bar-frame-color 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 Save URL history on exit. ### -enable-cookies Enable cookies. ### -save-cookies 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 Do letter dithering. ### -dither-images Do image dithering. ### -display-optimize Optimize for CRT (0), LCD RGB (1), LCD BGR (2). ### -gamma-correction Type of gamma correction: (default 2) 0 - 8-bit (fast). 1 - 16-bit (slow). 2 - auto‐ matically detect according to speed of FPU. ### -overwrite-instead-of-scroll 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 Use always character set from "-html-assume-codepage" no matter what server sent. ### -html-tables Render tables. (0) causes tables being rendered like in lynx. ### -html-frames Render frames. (0) causes frames rendered like in lynx. ### -html-break-long-lines Break long lines in 
 sections.


### -html-images
              Display links to unnamed images as [IMG]


### -html-image-names
              Display filename of an image instead of [IMG].


### -html-display-images
              Display images in graphics mode.


### -html-image-scale
              Scale images in graphics mode.


### -html-bare-image-autoscale
              Autoscale images displayed in full screen.


### -html-numbered-links
              Number links in text mode. Allow quick link selection by typing link number and enter.


### -html-table-order
              In text mode, walk through table by rows (0) or columns (1).


### -html-auto-refresh
              Process refresh to other page (1), or display link to that page (0).


### -html-target-in-new-window
              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
              Text color in text mode.


### -html-link-color
              Link color in text mode.


### -html-background-color
              Background color in text mode.


### -html-ignore-document-color
              Ignore colors specified in html document in text mode.


### -html-g-text-color
              Text color in graphics mode.


### -html-g-link-color
              Link color in graphics mode.


### -html-g-background-color
              Background color in graphics mode.


### -html-g-ignore-document-color
              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 ****

       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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lynx/1/markdown), [**w3m**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/w3m/1/markdown)



                                              Aug, 2006                                     [LINKS(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/LINKS/1/markdown)