/cmd-line-wiki

Lightweight Wikipedia browser written in Unix shell.

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cmd-line-wiki

Browse content from English-language Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) in the terminal using the less program. Requires Unix shell and a working internet connection to run.

Usage

Download the wiki file to any directory (preferably a directory within your $PATH so you can run it from any location), mark as executable with chmod 755 ./wiki or chmod +x ./wiki and then run the script with ./wiki <name of article>. If you have downloaded the wiki file to a location within your $PATH then you can run the script with wiki <name of article> from anywhere.

License

Application is licensed under ISC License, Wikipedia content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.