DASHT-SERVER 1 2020-05-16 2.4.0

NAME

dasht-server - runs a local search engine for your web browser

SYNOPSIS

dasht-server [PORT]

Examples

dasht-server

Starts a local search engine at http://127.0.0.1:54321.

dasht-server 8080

Starts a local search engine on port number 8080.

DESCRIPTION

Runs a local search engine on PORT number, at http://127.0.0.1:PORT, which can only be accessed by web browsers running on the local machine. If no PORT number is specified, then its value is assumed to be 54321.

The search engine's URL is printed to stdout, for the user's reference, which can be used to launch a web browser along with the search engine:

dasht-server | xargs -n1 w3m

ENVIRONMENT

DASHT_DOCSETS_DIR

Defines the filesystem location where your Dash docsets are installed. If undefined, its value is assumed to be $XDG_DATA_HOME/dasht/docsets/ or, if XDG_DATA_HOME is undefined, $HOME/.local/share/dasht/docsets/.

SEE ALSO

socat(1), dasht-server-http(1), dasht-docsets(1), dasht(1), Dash

AUTHOR

Written in 2016 by Suraj N. Kurapati https://github.com/sunaku/dasht Distributed under the terms of the ISC license (refer to README file).