Provided by: ddgr_2.2-1_all 
NAME
ddgr - DuckDuckGo from the terminal
SYNOPSIS
ddgr [OPTIONS] [KEYWORD [KEYWORD ...]]
DESCRIPTION
ddgr is a command-line tool to search DuckDuckGo (html version). ddgr shows the title, URL and text
context for each result. Results are fetched in pages. Keyboard shortcuts are available for page
navigation. Results are indexed and a result URL can be opened in a browser using the index number. There
is no configuration file as aliases serve the same purpose for this utility. Supports sequential searches
in a single instance.
Features
* Fast and clean; custom color
* Designed for maximum readability at minimum space
* Instant answers (supported by DDG html version)
* Custom number of results per page
* Navigation, browser integration
* Search and option completion scripts (Bash, Fish, Zsh)
* DuckDuckGo Bangs (along with completion)
* Open the first result in browser (I'm Feeling Ducky)
* REPL for continuous searches
* Keywords (e.g. `filetype:mime`, `site:somesite.com`)
* Limit search by time, specify region, disable safe search
* HTTPS proxy support, optionally disable User Agent
* Do Not Track set by default
* Supports custom url handler script or cmdline utility
* Thoroughly documented, man page with examples
* Minimal dependencies
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Show help text and exit.
-n, --num=N
Show N results per page (default 10). N must be between 0 and 25. N=0 disables fixed paging and
shows actual number of results fetched per page.
-r, --reg=REG
Region-specific search e.g. 'us-en' for US (default); visit https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-C, --nocolor
Disable color output.
--colors=COLORS
Set output colors. Refer to the COLORS section below for details.
-j, --ducky
Open the first result in a web browser; implies --noprompt. Feeling Ducky?
-t, --time=SPAN
Time limit search [d=past day, w=past week, m=past month, y=past year] (default=any time).
-w, --site=SITE
Search a site using DuckDuckGo.
-x, --expand
Expand URLs instead of showing only the domain name (default).
-p, --proxy=URI
Tunnel traffic through an HTTP proxy. URI is of the form [http[s]://][user:pwd@]host[:port]. The
proxy server must support HTTP CONNECT tunneling and must not block port 443 for the relevant
DuckDuckGo hosts. If a proxy is not explicitly given, the https_proxy or HTTPS_PROXY environment
variable (if available) is used instead.
--unsafe
Disable safe search.
--noua Disable user agent. Results are fetched faster.
--json Output in JSON format; implies --noprompt.
--gb, --gui-browser
Open a bang directly in a GUI browser.
--np, --noprompt
Perform search and exit; do not prompt for further interactions.
--rev, --reverse
List the entries in reversed order.
--url-handler=UTIL
Custom script or command-line utility to open urls with.
--show-browser-logs
Do not suppress browser output when opening result in browser; that is, connect stdout and stderr
of the browser to ddgr's stdout and stderr instead of /dev/null. By default, browser output is
suppressed (due to certain graphical browsers spewing messages to console) unless the BROWSER
environment variable is a known text-based browser: elinks, links, lynx, w3m or www-browser.
-v, --version
Show version number and exit.
-d, --debug
Enable debugging.
OMNIPROMPT KEYS
n, p, f
Fetch the next, previous or first set of search results.
index Open the result corresponding to index in browser.
o [index|range|a ...]
Open space-separated result indices, numeric ranges or all indices, if 'a' is specified, in the
browser.
O [index|range|a ...]
Works similar to key 'o', but tries to ignore text-based browsers (even if BROWSER is set) and
open links in a GUI browser.
d keywords
Initiate a new DuckDuckGo search for keywords with original options. This key should be used to
search omniprompt keys (including itself) and indices.
x Toggle url expansion.
c index
Copy url to clipboard.
q, ^D, double Enter
Exit ddgr.
? Show omniprompt help.
* Any other string initiates a new search with original options.
COLORS
ddgr allows you to customize the color scheme via a six-letter string, reminiscent of BSD LSCOLORS. The
six letters represent the colors of
- indices
- titles
- URLs
- metadata/publishing info
- abstracts
- prompts
respectively. The six-letter string is passed in either as the argument to the --colors option, or as the
value of the environment variable DDGR_COLORS.
We offer the following colors/styles:
┌────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Letter │ Color/Style │
├────────├───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ a │ black │
│ b │ red │
│ c │ green │
│ d │ yellow │
│ e │ blue │
│ f │ magenta │
│ g │ cyan │
│ h │ white │
│ i │ bright black │
│ j │ bright red │
│ k │ bright green │
│ l │ bright yellow │
│ m │ bright blue │
│ n │ bright magenta │
│ o │ bright cyan │
│ p │ bright white │
│ A-H │ bold version of the lowercase-letter color │
│ I-P │ bold version of the lowercase-letter bright color │
│ x │ normal │
│ X │ bold │
│ y │ reverse video │
│ Y │ bold reverse video │
└────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The default colors string is oCdgxy, which stands for
- bright cyan indices
- bold green titles
- yellow URLs
- cyan metadata/publishing info
- normal abstracts
- reverse video prompts
Note that
- Bright colors (implemented as \x1b[90m - \x1b[97m) may not be available in all color-capable terminal
emulators;
- Some terminal emulators draw bold text in bright colors instead;
- Some terminal emulators only distinguish between bold and bright colors via a default-off switch.
Please consult the manual of your terminal emulator as well as
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code for details.
ENVIRONMENT
BROWSER
Overrides the default browser. Ref: http://docs.python.org/library/webbrowser.html
DDGR_COLORS
Refer to the COLORS section.
DISABLE_PROMPT_COLOR
Force a plain omniprompt if you are facing issues with colors at the prompt.
HTTPS_PROXY, https_proxy
Refer to the --proxy option.
EXAMPLES
1. DuckDuckGo hello world:
ddgr hello world
2. I'm Feeling Ducky search:
ddgr -j lucky ducks
3. DuckDuckGo Bang search 'hello world' in Wikipedia:
ddgr !w hello world
ddgr \!w hello world // bash-specific, need to escape ! on bash
Bangs work at the omniprompt too. To look up bangs, visit https://duckduckgo.com/bang?#bangs-list.
4. Bang alias to fire from the cmdline, open results in a GUI browser and exit:
alias bang='ddgr --gb --np'
bang !w hello world
bang \!w hello world // bash-specific, need to escape ! on bash
5. Website specific search:
ddgr -w amazon.com digital camera
Site specific search continues at omniprompt.
6. Search for a specific file type:
ddgr instrumental filetype:mp3
7. Fetch results on IPL cricket from India in English:
ddgr -r in-en IPL cricket
To find your region parameter token visit https://duckduckgo.com/params.
8. Search quoted text:
ddgr it\'s a \"beautiful world\" in spring
9. Show complete urls in search results (instead of only domain name):
ddgr -x ddgr
10. Use a custom color scheme, e.g., one warm color scheme designed for Solarized Dark:
ddgr --colors bjdxxy hello world
DDGR_COLORS=bjdxxy ddgr hello world
11. Tunnel traffic through an HTTPS proxy, e.g., a local Privoxy instance listening on port 8118:
ddgr --proxy localhost:8118 hello world
By default the environment variable https_proxy (or HTTPS_PROXY) is used, if defined.
12. Look up n, p, o, O, q, d keywords or a result index at the omniprompt: as the omniprompt recognizes
these keys or index strings as commands, you need to prefix them with d, e.g.,
d n
d d keywords
d 1
AUTHOR
Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com>
HOME
https://github.com/jarun/ddgr
REPORTING BUGS
https://github.com/jarun/ddgr/issues
LICENSE
Copyright © 2016-2024 Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com>
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
Version 2.2 29 Dec 2023 DDGR(1)