s

Search the web using the default provider (presearch)

$ s [query]

$ s -p google [query]

$ s -p amazon [wireless keyboard]

$ s -t video [query]

$ s -l

$ s -o [query]

$ s -b "[firefox --private-window]" [query]

$ s -s --port [8080]

s [options] [query]

s is a command-line tool for performing web searches directly from the terminal. It opens search results in your default browser, supporting over 100 providers including Google, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia, YouTube, GitHub, Amazon, Reddit, and Stack Overflow.
The tool supports partial name matching for providers, allowing shortcuts like s -p g query for Google. Providers can be filtered by tags such as video, images, or code to search multiple related sites at once.
Configuration is stored in ~/.config/s/config using UCL format. You can set default providers, blacklist/whitelist providers, define custom providers, and configure browser preferences.

-p, --provider name

Specify the search provider (default: presearch). Supports partial matching.

Search using providers filtered by tag (e.g., video, images, code)

Browser or application to open search results

Output-only mode; prints the URL without launching a browser

Display all available search providers

Display available tag categories

Launch the web server interface for browser-based searching

Server port number (default: 8080)

Path to TLS certificate file for server mode

Path to TLS key file for server mode

Enable verbose output

Generate shell completion scripts (bash, zsh, fish)

Display version information

The s command requires a browser to display results. In headless environments, use -o to output URLs instead. Provider availability depends on the installed version; some providers may change or become unavailable over time.

s was created by Josh Ellithorpe (zquestz) and first released on GitHub around 2016. It is written in Go and designed to streamline web searches from developer workflows. The project has grown to support over 100 search providers.

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