A Command Line Tool to Search Wikipedia in the terminal.
$ pip install wikipit
Syntax: $ wikipit <query> [-flags]
Quotes are required for multi-word queries.
$ wikipit wikipedia
$ wikipit "Miguel Cabrera"
$ wikipit linux -b
$ wikipit "Miguel Cabrera" -l 8
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--l num |
Set line wrap length to num |
-b |
Open full Wikipedia article in default browser |
--all-a |
Print all sections of the article (the full page). Recommended to pipe into a reader e.g. less |
--lang langCode-e langCode |
Specify language; langCode is an HTML ISO language code |
The output will be the paragraphs of the wikipedia article before the table of contents. Line length is neatly wrapped based on your terminal's window size, For example:
$ wikipit "Miguel Cabrera"
José Miguel Cabrera Torres (born April 18, 1983), commonly known as Miguel
Cabrera and nicknamed "Miggy", is a Venezuelan professional baseball player.
He is the first baseman for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Since his debut in 2003 he has been a two-time American League (AL) Most
Valuable Player (MVP) award winner, a four-time AL batting champion, and an
11-time MLB All-Star. He has played at first and third base for most of his
major league career, but primarily played left and right field before 2006. He
claimed the 17th MLB Triple Crown in 2012, the first to do so in 45 seasons.
In Venezuelan Winter League, Liga de Beisbol Profesional de Venezuela, Cabrera was
signed by Tigres de Aragua at 16 years old. He batted his first hit in
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