---
name: "searchgeo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "searchscripts"
version: "0.11"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/searchgeo"
---

# searchgeo(1)

query the Geocrawler mailing lists search engine

## NAME

searchgeo - query the Geocrawler mailing lists search engine

## DESCRIPTION

searchgeo is a commandline script to query the Geocrawler search engine.  Geocrawler archives many of the Debian mailing lists as well as other Linux related lists.

## SYNOPSIS

searchgeo -H

searchgeo \[ -l list1 \[ list2 \] ... \] -p pattern

## OPTIONS

- **-b**

  \- pull bodies too

- **-D**

  \- download and save the list names to a config file in ~/.searchscripts/. This allows for quicker startup as the list name page doesn't have to be pulled each time.  If you've used -D, you should run it once in a while to make sure the lists are up-to-date.

- **-H**

  \- pull the geocrawler.com home page into the browser

- **-L pat1 \[pat2 \[ ... \]\]**

  \- print the lists that match the partial arguments **pat1 ...;** "-L \\\*" to see all lists.

- **-l**

  \- lists, default devel\
     all = devel mentors user

- **-k**

  \- don't delete the hits file on exit.  It will be in /tmp and start with geo\_\_. It is always kept if the browser is Netscape.

- **-p**

  \- search pattern.  The -p is optional if it is the only switch.

- **-t \<seconds\>**

  \- socket timeout, default 60

## BROWSERS

If you use Netscape as your browser, the temp files will be left in /tmp and you'll have delete them occasionally.  These files are automatically deleted if you use a different browser.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **SSBROWSER**

  If this variable is set in the environment (e.g. export SSBROWSER=lynx) it is used.

- **X11BROWSER**

  Else if DISPLAY is set then the X11BROWSER environment variable is checked for the preferred browser.  If unset it defaults to lynx.

- **CONSOLEBROWSER**

  Else the CONSOLEBROWSER environment variable is checked for the preferred console browser.  If unset it defaults to lynx.

## EXAMPLES

searchgeo -l all -p murdock perens\
 searchgeo -l all -p apt beta jason -b\
 searchgeo cpan perl5\
 searchgeo -L sql

## NOTES

\- ^C stops the search and shows the hits to that point if it can\
 \- the SourceForge lists aren't included as there are hundreds of them, mostly empty

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 2000 Rick Younie \<younie@debian.org\>, GPL version 2 or later. See /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

## SEE ALSO

**[searchdeb(1)](/searchdeb/1.md),** **[searchgoo(1)](/searchgoo/1.md)**