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ddgr – A Command Line Tool To Search DuckDuckGo From The Terminal
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Bash tricks are really awesome in Linux that makes everything is possible in Linux.
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It really works well for developers or system admins because they are spending most of the time with terminal. Did you know why they are preferring this tricks?
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These trick will improve their productivity and also make them to work fast.
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### What Is ddgr
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[ddgr][1] is a command-line utility to search DuckDuckGo from the terminal. ddgr works out of the box with several text-based browsers if the BROWSER environment variable is set.
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Make sure your system should have installed any text-based browsers. You may know about [googler][2] that allow users to perform Google searches from the Linux command line.
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It’s highly popular among cmdline users and they are expect the similar utility for privacy-aware DuckDuckGo, that’s why ddgr came to picture.
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Unlike the web interface, you can specify the number of search results you would like to see per page.
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**Suggested Read :**
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**(#)** [Googler – Google Search From The Linux Command Line][2]
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**(#)** [Buku – A Powerful Command-line Bookmark Manager for Linux][3]
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**(#)** [SoCLI – Easy Way To Search And Browse Stack Overflow From The Terminal][4]
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**(#)** [RTV (Reddit Terminal Viewer) – A Simple Terminal Viewer For Reddit][5]
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### What Is DuckDuckGo
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DDG stands for DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo (DDG) is an Internet search engine that really protecting users search and privacy.
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They didn’t filter users personalized search results and It’s showing the same search results to all users for a given search term.
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Most of the users prefer google search engine, if you really worrying about privacy then you can blindly go with DuckDuckGo.
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### ddgr Features
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* Fast and clean (no ads, stray URLs or clutter), custom color
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* Designed to deliver maximum readability at minimum space
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* Specify the number of search results to show per page
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* Navigate result pages from omniprompt, open URLs in browser
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* Search and option completion scripts for Bash, Zsh and Fish
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* DuckDuckGo Bang support (along with completion)
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* Open the first result directly in browser (as in I’m Feeling Ducky)
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* Non-stop searches: fire new searches at omniprompt without exiting
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* Keywords (e.g. filetype:mime, site:somesite.com) support
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* Limit search by time, specify region, disable safe search
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* HTTPS proxy support, Do Not Track set, optionally disable User Agent
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* Support custom url handler script or cmdline utility
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* Comprehensive documentation, man page with handy usage examples
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* Minimal dependencies
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### Prerequisites
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ddgr requires Python 3.4 or later. So, make sure you system should have Python 3.4 or later version.
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```
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$ python3 --version
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Python 3.6.3
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```
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### How To Install ddgr In Linux
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We can easily install ddgr using the following command based on the distributions.
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For **`Fedora`** , use [DNF Command][6] to install ddgr.
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```
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# dnf install ddgr
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```
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Alternatively we can use [SNAP Command][7] to install ddgr.
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```
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# snap install ddgr
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```
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For **`LinuxMint/Ubuntu`** , use [APT-GET Command][8] or [APT Command][9] to install ddgr.
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```
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$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:twodopeshaggy/jarun
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$ sudo apt-get update
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$ sudo apt-get install ddgr
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```
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For **`Arch Linux`** based systems, use [Yaourt Command][10] or [Packer Command][11] to install ddgr from AUR repository.
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```
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$ yaourt -S ddgr
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or
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$ packer -S ddgr
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```
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For **`Debian`** , use [DPKG Command][12] to install ddgr.
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```
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# wget https://github.com/jarun/ddgr/releases/download/v1.2/ddgr_1.2-1_debian9.amd64.deb
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# dpkg -i ddgr_1.2-1_debian9.amd64.deb
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```
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For **`CentOS 7`** , use [YUM Command][13] to install ddgr.
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```
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# yum install https://github.com/jarun/ddgr/releases/download/v1.2/ddgr-1.2-1.el7.3.centos.x86_64.rpm
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```
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For **`opensuse`** , use [zypper Command][14] to install ddgr.
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# zypper install https://github.com/jarun/ddgr/releases/download/v1.2/ddgr-1.2-1.opensuse42.3.x86_64.rpm
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```
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### How To Launch ddgr
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Enter the `ddgr` command without any option on terminal to bring DuckDuckGo search. You will get the same output similar to below.
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$ ddgr
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```
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### How To Search Using ddgr
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We can initiate the search through two ways. Either from omniprompt or directly from terminal. You can search any phrases which you want.
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Directly from terminal.
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```
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$ ddgr 2daygeek
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```
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From `omniprompt`.
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### Omniprompt Shortcut
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Enter `?` to obtain the `omniprompt`, which will show you list of keywords and shortcut to work further with ddgr.
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### How To Move Next,Previous, and Fist Page
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It allows user to move next page or previous page or first page.
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* `n:` Move to next set of search results
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* `p:` Move to previous set of search results
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* `f:` Jump to the first page
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### How To Initiate A New Search
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“ **d** ” option allow users to initiate a new search from omniprompt. For example, i searched about `2daygeek website` and now i’m going to initiate a new search with phrase “ **Magesh Maruthamuthu** “.
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From `omniprompt`.
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```
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ddgr (? for help) d magesh maruthmuthu
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```
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### Show Complete URLs In Search Result
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By default it shows only an article heading, add the “ **x** ” option in search to show complete article urls in search result.
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$ ddgr -n 5 -x 2daygeek
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### Limit Search Results
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By default search results shows 10 results per page. If you want to limit the page results for your convenience, you can do by passing `--num or -n` argument with ddgr.
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$ ddgr -n 5 2daygeek
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### Website Specific Search
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To search specific pages from the particular website, use the below format. This will fetch the results for given keywords from the website. For example, We are going search about “ **Package Manager** ” from 2daygeek website. See the results.
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$ ddgr -n 5 --site 2daygeek "package manager"
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```
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via: https://www.2daygeek.com/ddgr-duckduckgo-search-from-the-command-line-in-linux/
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作者：[Magesh Maruthamuthu][a]
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选题：[lujun9972](https://github.com/lujun9972)
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[a]:https://www.2daygeek.com/author/magesh/
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[1]:https://github.com/jarun/ddgr
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[2]:https://www.2daygeek.com/googler-google-search-from-the-command-line-on-linux/
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[3]:https://www.2daygeek.com/buku-command-line-bookmark-manager-linux/
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[4]:https://www.2daygeek.com/socli-search-and-browse-stack-overflow-from-linux-terminal/
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[5]:https://www.2daygeek.com/rtv-reddit-terminal-viewer-a-simple-terminal-viewer-for-reddit/
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[6]:https://www.2daygeek.com/dnf-command-examples-manage-packages-fedora-system/
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[7]:https://www.2daygeek.com/snap-command-examples/
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[8]:https://www.2daygeek.com/apt-get-apt-cache-command-examples-manage-packages-debian-ubuntu-systems/
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[9]:https://www.2daygeek.com/apt-command-examples-manage-packages-debian-ubuntu-systems/
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[10]:https://www.2daygeek.com/install-yaourt-aur-helper-on-arch-linux/
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[11]:https://www.2daygeek.com/install-packer-aur-helper-on-arch-linux/
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[12]:https://www.2daygeek.com/dpkg-command-to-manage-packages-on-debian-ubuntu-linux-mint-systems/
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[13]:https://www.2daygeek.com/yum-command-examples-manage-packages-rhel-centos-systems/
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[14]:https://www.2daygeek.com/zypper-command-examples-manage-packages-opensuse-system/
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