USAGE: LYNX [options] [file] Options are: - receive options and arguments from stdin -accept_all_cookies accept cookies without prompting if Set-Cookie handling is on (off) -anonymous apply restrictions for anonymous account, see also -restrictions -assume_charset=MIMEname charset for documents that don't specify it -assume_local_charset=MIMEname charset assumed for local files -assume_unrec_charset=MIMEname use this instead of unrecognized charsets -auth=id:pw authentication information for protected documents -base prepend a request URL comment and BASE tag to text/html outputs for -source dumps -book use the bookmark page as the startfile (off) -buried_news toggles scanning of news articles for buried references (on) -cache=NUMBER NUMBER of documents cached in memory -case enable case sensitive user searching (off) -center toggle center alignment in HTML TABLE (off) -cfg=FILENAME specifies a lynx.cfg file other than the default -child exit on left-arrow in startfile, and disable save to disk -cmd_log=FILENAME log keystroke commands to the given file -cmd_script=FILENAME read keystroke commands from the given file (see -cmd_log) -connect_timeout=N set the N-second connection timeout (18000) -cookie_file=FILENAME specifies a file to use to read cookies -cookie_save_file=FILENAME specifies a file to use to store cookies -cookies toggles handling of Set-Cookie headers (on) -core toggles forced core dumps on fatal errors (off) -crawl with -traversal, output each page to a file with -dump, format output as with -traversal, but to stdout -curses_pads uses curses pad feature to support left/right shifting (on) -debug_partial incremental display stages with MessageSecs delay (off) -delay=NNN set NNN-second delay at statusline message (0.000) -display=DISPLAY set the display variable for X exec'ed programs -display_charset=MIMEname charset for the terminal output -dont_wrap_pre inhibit wrapping of text in
when -dump'ing and -crawl'ing, mark wrapped lines in interactive session (off) -dump dump the first file to stdout and exit -editor=EDITOR enable edit mode with specified editor -emacskeys enable emacs-like key movement (off) -enable_scrollback toggles compatibility with comm programs' scrollback keys (may be incompatible with some curses packages) (off) -error_file=FILE write the HTTP status code here -force_empty_hrefless_a force HREF-less 'A' elements to be empty (close them as soon as they are seen) (off) -force_html forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML (off) -force_secure toggles forcing of the secure flag for SSL cookies (off) -forms_options toggles forms-based vs old-style options menu (on) -from toggle transmission of From headers (on) -ftp disable ftp access (off) -get_data user data for get forms, read from stdin, terminated by '---' on a line -head send a HEAD request (off) -help print this usage message -hiddenlinks=[option] hidden links: options are merge, listonly, or ignore -historical toggles use of '>' or '-->' as terminator for comments (off) -homepage=URL set homepage separate from start page -image_links toggles inclusion of links for all images (off) -index=URL set the default index file to URL -ismap toggles inclusion of ISMAP links when client-side MAPs are present (off) -justify do justification of text (off) -link=NUMBER starting count for lnk#.dat files produced by -crawl (0) -listonly with -dump, forces it to show only the list of links (off) -localhost disable URLs that point to remote hosts (off) -mime_header include mime headers and force source dump -minimal toggles minimal versus valid comment parsing (off) -nobold disable bold video-attribute -nobrowse disable directory browsing -nocc disable Cc: prompts for self copies of mailings (off) -nocolor turn off color support -nofilereferer disable transmission of Referer headers for file URLs (on) -nolist disable the link list feature in dumps (off) -nolog disable mailing of error messages to document owners (on) -nomargins disable the right/left margins in the default style-sheet (off) -nonrestarting_sigwinch make window size change handler non-restarting (off) -nonumbers disable the link/form numbering feature in dumps (off) -nopause disable forced pauses for statusline messages -noprint disable some print functions, like -restrictions=print (off) -noredir don't follow Location: redirection (off) -noreferer disable transmission of Referer headers (off) -noreverse disable reverse video-attribute -nostatus disable the miscellaneous information messages (off) -notitle disable the title at the top of each page (off) -nounderline disable underline video-attribute -number_fields force numbering of links as well as form input fields (off) -number_links force numbering of links (off) -partial toggles display partial pages while downloading (on) -partial_thres [=NUMBER] number of lines to render before repainting display with partial-display logic (-1) -pauth=id:pw authentication information for protected proxy server -popup toggles handling of single-choice SELECT options via popup windows or as lists of radio buttons (off) -post_data user data for post forms, read from stdin, terminated by '---' on a line -preparsed show parsed text/html with -source and in source view to visualize how lynx behaves with invalid HTML (off) -prettysrc do syntax highlighting and hyperlink handling in source view (off) -print enable print functions (DEFAULT), opposite of -noprint (on) -pseudo_inlines toggles pseudo-ALTs for inlines with no ALT string (on) -raw toggles default setting of 8-bit character translations or CJK mode for the startup character set (off) -realm restricts access to URLs in the starting realm (off) -reload flushes the cache on a proxy server (only the first document affected) (off) -restrictions=[options] use -restrictions to see list -resubmit_posts toggles forced resubmissions (no-cache) of forms with method POST when the documents they returned are sought with the PREV_DOC command or from the History List (off) -rlogin disable rlogins (off) -selective require .www_browsable files to browse directories -short_url enables examination of beginning and end of long URL in status line (off) -show_cursor toggles hiding of the cursor in the lower right corner (on) -show_rate toggles display of transfer rate (on) -soft_dquotes toggles emulation of the old Netscape and Mosaic bug which treated '>' as a co-terminator for double-quotes and tags (off) -source dump the source of the first file to stdout and exit -stack_dump disable SIGINT cleanup handler (off) -startfile_ok allow non-http startfile and homepage with -validate (off) -stdin read startfile from standard input (off) -tagsoup use TagSoup rather than SortaSGML parser (off) -telnet disable telnets (off) -term=TERM set terminal type to TERM -tlog toggles use of a Lynx Trace Log for the current session (on) -tna turn on "Textfields Need Activation" mode (off) -traversal traverse all http links derived from startfile -trim_input_fields trim input text/textarea fields in forms (off) -underline_links toggles use of underline/bold attribute for links (off) -underscore toggles use of _underline_ format in dumps (off) -use_mouse turn on mouse support (off) -useragent=Name set alternate Lynx User-Agent header -validate accept only http URLs (meant for validation) implies more restrictions than -anonymous, but goto is allowed for http and https (off) -verbose toggles [LINK], [IMAGE] and [INLINE] comments with filenames of these images (on) -version print Lynx version information -vikeys enable vi-like key movement (off) -width=NUMBER screen width for formatting of dumps (default is 80) -with_backspaces emit backspaces in output if -dumping or -crawling (like 'man' does) (off)